# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alex-dancyg
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:50:04.385Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alex-dancyg"
name: "Alex Dancyg"
slug: "alex-dancyg"
description: "Alexander Dancyg was a Polish-born Israeli historian, Yad Vashem Institute contributor, farmer and an active advocate of Polish-Jewish dialogue. Dancyg was a member of Kibbutz Nir Oz and was kidnapped by Hamas militants, taken to the Gaza Strip during the Nir Oz attack and later killed in captivity during the Siege of Khan Yunis."
tagline: "Polish-Israeli historian"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/AlexDancyg2000.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Israel"
  isoCode: "IL"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1948-07-21"
deathDate: "2024-02-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.55
  momentum:             2.5
  historical:           5.031572
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Dancyg"
    title: "Alex Dancyg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Dancyg"
    title: "Alex Dancyg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%9B%D7%A1_%D7%93%D7%A0%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%92"
    title: "אלכס דנציג"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Dancyg"
    title: "Alex Dancyg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B3%2C_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81"
    title: "Данциг, Алекс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123059210"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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