# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jakub-wygodzki
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:33:04.707Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jakub-wygodzki"
name: "Jakub Wygodzki"
slug: "jakub-wygodzki"
description: "Jakub Wygodzki was a Polish–Lithuanian Jewish politician, Zionist activist and a medical doctor. He was one of the most prominent Jewish activists in Vilnius. Educated as a doctor in Russia and Western Europe, he established his gynecology and pediatric practice in 1884. In 1905, he was one of the founding members of the Constitutional Democratic Party (Kadets) in Vilnius Region. In 1918, he was co-opted to the Council of Lithuania and briefly served as the first Lithuanian Minister for Jewish Affairs. After Vilnius was captured by Poland, Wygodzki was elected to the Polish parliament (Sejm) in 1922 and 1928. He died in the Lukiškės Prison during the first months of the German occupation of Lithuania during World War II."
tagline: "Doctor and Polish-Lithuanian politician (1856-1941)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jakub_Wygodzki_portrait_1933-8-2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1856-04-03"
deathDate: "1941"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.83
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.211124
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%8B%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9%2C_%D0%AF%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%95%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Выгодский, Яков Ефимович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A8_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%B2%D9%83%D9%89"
    title: "چاكوب ويجودزكى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakob_Wygodski"
    title: "Jakob Wygodski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakub_Wygodzki"
    title: "Jakub Wygodzki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Wygodzki"
    title: "Jacob Wygodzki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%A2%D7%A7%D7%91_%D7%95%D7%99%D7%92%D7%95%D7%93%D7%A1%D7%A7%D7%99"
    title: "יעקב ויגודסקי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jok%C5%ABbas_Vygodskis"
    title: "Jokūbas Vygodskis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakub_Wygodzki"
    title: "Jakub Wygodzki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q168825"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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