# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ernests-brastins
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:35:03.061Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ernests-brastins"
name: "Ernests Brastiņš"
slug: "ernests-brastins"
description: "Ernests Brastiņš was a Latvian artist, amateur historian, folklorist and archaeologist. He is known as the founder and driving force behind the neopagan religion Dievturība, which he started in the 1920s and which was re-established after the fall of the Soviet Union."
tagline: "Latvian opinion journalist and art historian (1892-1942)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ernests_Brasti%C5%86%C5%A1_1892-1942_(2006.)%2C_Kronvalda_parks%2C_R%C4%ABga%2C_Latvia_-_panoramio_(1).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1892-03-19"
deathDate: "1942-01-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.36
  momentum:             0.9836065573770492
  historical:           5.943233333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernests_Brasti%C5%86%C5%A1"
    title: "Ernests Brastiņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D1%80%D0%BD%D1%8D%D1%81%D1%82_%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8B%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%88"
    title: "Эрнэст Брастыньш"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D1%80%D0%BD%D1%8D%D1%81%D1%82_%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8B%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%88"
    title: "Эрнэст Брастыньш"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernests_Brasti%C5%86%C5%A1"
    title: "Ernests Brastiņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernests_Brasti%C5%86%C5%A1"
    title: "Ernests Brastiņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernests_Brasti%C5%86%C5%A1"
    title: "Ernests Brastiņš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernests_Brastin%C5%A1"
    title: "Ernests Brastinš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1256797"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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