# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/anders-lassen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:01:17.085Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/anders-lassen"
name: "Anders Lassen"
slug: "anders-lassen"
description: "Major Anders Frederik Emil Victor Schau Lassen,, was a Danish military officer who was the only non-Commonwealth recipient of the Victoria Cross during the Second World War. Serving in the British Army, he was posthumously awarded the award for his actions during Operation Roast on 8 April 1945 at Lake Comacchio in Italy in the final weeks of the Italian campaign."
tagline: "Recipient of the Victoria Cross (1920-1945)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Major_Anders_Lassen_MC_and_two_bars%2C_VC.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1920-09-22"
deathDate: "1945-04-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.39
  momentum:             11.74054054054054
  historical:           10.74733466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Андерс Лассен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "أنديرس لاسين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "انديرس لاسين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Lassen"
    title: "Anders Lassen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Lassen"
    title: "Anders Lassen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Lassen"
    title: "Anders Lassen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderss_Lasens"
    title: "Anderss Lasens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Lassen"
    title: "Anders Lassen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Lassen"
    title: "Anders Lassen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81"
    title: "Лассен, Андерс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Lassen"
    title: "Anders Lassen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Lassen"
    title: "Anders Lassen"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3503840"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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