# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/aleko-lilius
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:23:53.778Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/aleko-lilius"
name: "Aleko Lilius"
slug: "aleko-lilius"
description: "Aleko Axel August Eugen Lilius was an explorer, businessman, diplomat, writer, journalist, and photographer of Finnish, Swedish, and Russian extraction. He has been described as an English journalist, a Russian Finn, an American of Finnish origin, a Swedish journalist and adventurer, and an intrepid American journalist. He is the author of I Sailed with Chinese Pirates, an account of the time he spent among pirates of the South China seas."
tagline: "Finnish explorer and writer (1890–1977)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aleko-Lilius.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1890-04-02"
deathDate: "1977-06-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.92
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.471526666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0510254/"
    handle:    "nm0510254"
sources:
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleko_Lilius"
    title: "Aleko Lilius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "اليكو ليليوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleko_Lilius"
    title: "Aleko Lilius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%BE_%D0%9B%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%83%D1%81"
    title: "Алеко Ліліус"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleko_Lilius"
    title: "Aleko Lilius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleko_Lilius"
    title: "Aleko Lilius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4356896"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump