# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gunars-astra
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:09:07.564Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gunars-astra"
name: "Gunārs Astra"
slug: "gunars-astra"
description: "Gunārs Astra was a Latvian human rights activist and an anti-Soviet dissident who was arrested by the Soviet Union in 1961, and was sentenced to prison for 15 years. He was released in 1976. In 1983, he was arrested again, but released several weeks before his death."
tagline: "Latvian human rights activist and anti-soviet dissident"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1931-10-22"
deathDate: "1988-04-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.18
  momentum:             7.222222222222221
  historical:           7.276314666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%2C_%D0%93%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81"
    title: "Астра, Гунарс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qunars_Astra"
    title: "Qunars Astra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun%C4%81rs_Astra"
    title: "Gunārs Astra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun%C4%81rs_Astra"
    title: "Gunārs Astra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun%C4%81rs_Astra"
    title: "Gunārs Astra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun%C4%81rs_Astra"
    title: "Gunārs Astra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B3%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%BD_%D4%B1%D5%BD%D5%BF%D6%80%D5%A1"
    title: "Գունարս Աստրա"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun%C4%81rs_Astra"
    title: "Gunārs Astra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun%C4%81rs_Astra"
    title: "Gunārs Astra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3846275"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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