# Jan Kowalewski

> Lt. Col. Jan Kowalewski was a Polish cryptologist, intelligence officer, engineer, journalist, military commander, and creator and first head of the Polish Cipher Bureau. He recruited a large staff of cryptologists who broke Soviet military codes and ciphers during the Polish-Soviet War, enabling Poland to weather the war and achieve victory in the 1920 Battle of Warsaw.

*Officer of the Polish Army, cryptographer (1892–1965)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/jan-kowalewski

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1892-10-23
- **Died:** 1965-10-31
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 45.5 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.9 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 7.0 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 45.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Ян Ковалевський](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9)
- [جان كوالوسكى](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%89)
- [Ян Кавалеўскі](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%9E%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96)
- [Jan Kowalewski](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Kowalewski)
- [Jan Kowalewski](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Kowalewski)
- [Jan Kowalewski](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Kowalewski)
- [Jan Kowalewski](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Kowalewski)
- [Ковалевский, Ян](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9%2C_%D0%AF%D0%BD)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2028475)

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