# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jan-kowalewski
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:47:11.245Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jan-kowalewski"
name: "Jan Kowalewski"
slug: "jan-kowalewski"
description: "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."
tagline: "Officer of the Polish Army, cryptographer (1892–1965)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jan_Kowalewski.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1892-10-23"
deathDate: "1965-10-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.55
  momentum:             0.875
  historical:           7.043848
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "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"
    title: "Ян Ковалевський"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "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"
    title: "جان كوالوسكى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "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"
    title: "Ян Кавалеўскі"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Kowalewski"
    title: "Jan Kowalewski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Kowalewski"
    title: "Jan Kowalewski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Kowalewski"
    title: "Jan Kowalewski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Kowalewski"
    title: "Jan Kowalewski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "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"
    title: "Ковалевский, Ян"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2028475"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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