# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ivan-afanasenko
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:34:05.638Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ivan-afanasenko"
name: "Ivan Afanasenko"
slug: "ivan-afanasenko"
description: "Ivan Prokofievich Afanasenko was a Red Army Sergeant and a Hero of the Soviet Union. Afanasenko was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union for reportedly crossing the Danube multiple times under fire between 4 December and 5 December 1944. Postwar, he worked as a tractor driver in Volgograd."
tagline: "Hero of the Soviet Union (1923–1975)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/71/Ivan_Afanasenko.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1923-01-16"
deathDate: "1975-09-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.8
  momentum:             15.18518518518519
  historical:           5.468646666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Afanasenko"
    title: "Ivan Afanasenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%83%D9%88"
    title: "ايڤان افاناسينكو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE_%D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%84%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Афанасенко Иван Прокофьевич"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE%2C_%D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%84%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Афанасенко, Иван Прокофьевич"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Afanasenko"
    title: "Ivan Afanasenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iwan_Afanasienko"
    title: "Iwan Afanasienko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4072517"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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