# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jan-firbas
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:37:20.316Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jan-firbas"
name: "Jan Firbas"
slug: "jan-firbas"
description: "Jan Firbas, was a Czech linguist and a prominent representative of the Prague School of linguistics."
tagline: "Czech linguist and university educator (1921-2000)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jan_Firbas_3May1997.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1921-03-25"
deathDate: "2000-05-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.68
  momentum:             6.666666666666666
  historical:           6.135745333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%81%2C_%D0%AF%D0%BD"
    title: "Фирбас, Ян"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "چان فيرباس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Firbas"
    title: "Jan Firbas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Firbas"
    title: "Jan Firbas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Firbas"
    title: "Jan Firbas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Firbas"
    title: "Jan Firbas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Firbas"
    title: "Jan Firbas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3500840"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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