# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jan-eskymo-welzl
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:49:53.302Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jan-eskymo-welzl"
name: "Jan Eskymo Welzl"
slug: "jan-eskymo-welzl"
description: "Jan Welzl was a Czech traveller, adventurer, gold-digger, Eskimo chief and Chief Justice on New Siberia island, and later a story-teller and writer. He is known under the pseudonym Eskymo Welzl or the nickname Arctic Bismarck."
tagline: "Czech arctic explorer and writer (1868–1948)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jan_Eskymo_Welzl_(1868-1948).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1868-08-15"
deathDate: "1948-09-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.11
  momentum:             1.090909090909091
  historical:           6.608028
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.eskymo-welzl.cz/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2585660"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Eskymo_Welzl"
    title: "Jan Eskymo Welzl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Welzl"
    title: "Jan Welzl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Eskymo_Welzl"
    title: "Jan Eskymo Welzl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Eskymo_Welzl"
    title: "Jan Eskymo Welzl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Welzl"
    title: "Jan Welzl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Eskymo_Welzl"
    title: "Jan Eskymo Welzl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Eskymo_Welzl"
    title: "Jan Eskymo Welzl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q697532"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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