# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edmar-mednis
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:27:27.984Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edmar-mednis"
name: "Edmar Mednis"
slug: "edmar-mednis"
description: "Edmar John Mednis was an American chess player and writer of Latvian origin. FIDE awarded him the Grandmaster title in 1980."
tagline: "American chess player (1937–2002)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/59/Edmar_Mednis_%28monochrome%29.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1937-03-22"
deathDate: "2002-02-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.25
  momentum:             6.923076923076924
  historical:           10.27743066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%2C_%D0%AD%D0%B4%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80"
    title: "Меднис, Эдмар"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "ادمار ميدنيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%B4%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Едмар Меднис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmar_Mednis"
    title: "Edmar Mednis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmar_Mednis"
    title: "Edmar Mednis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmar_Mednis"
    title: "Edmar Mednis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmar_Mednis"
    title: "Edmar Mednis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmar_Mednis"
    title: "Edmar Mednis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmar_Mednis"
    title: "Edmar Mednis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edm%C4%81rs_Mednis"
    title: "Edmārs Mednis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmar_Mednis"
    title: "Edmar Mednis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmar_Mednis"
    title: "Edmar Mednis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q960427"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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