# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/grga-novak
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:41:35.899Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/grga-novak"
name: "Grga Novak"
slug: "grga-novak"
description: "Grga Novak was a distinguished Croatian historian, archaeologist and geographer, and President of the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts from 1958 to 1978. Born on the island of Hvar, he was Professor of Ancient History in the University of Zagreb, where he was also Rector between 1946 and 1947. He is best known for pioneering archaeology in Croatia, and his publications on the history of Dalmatia, Split, Dubrovnik, Hvar and the Adriatic Islands."
tagline: "Croatian historian, archeologist and geographer (1888–1978)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Grga_Novak_1961.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1888-04-02"
deathDate: "1978-09-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.13606933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Грга Новак"
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    title: "Γκργκα Νόβακ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Grga Novak"
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    title: "Grga Novak"
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    title: "Grga Novak"
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    title: "Գրգա Նովակ"
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    title: "Grga Novak"
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    title: "Grga Novak"
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    title: "Новак, Грга"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump