# Jan Wnęk

> Jan Wnęk was a Polish carver of religious statues who is claimed to have constructed and flown a glider (aircraft) in the 1860s, predating the flights of Otto Lilienthal. There is a speculative "reconstruction" of Wnek's glider in the Ethnographic Museum of Kraków.

*Polish aviation pioneer (1828-1869)*

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

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Artist
- **Category:** Artists
- **Born:** 1828-08-28
- **Died:** 1869-07-10
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 44.0 / 100
- **Momentum:** 4.8 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 5.7 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 35.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Jan Wnęk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Wn%C4%99k)
- [Jan Wnęk](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Wn%C4%99k)
- [Γιαν Βνεκ](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%B9%CE%B1%CE%BD_%CE%92%CE%BD%CE%B5%CE%BA)
- [Jan Wnęk](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Wn%C4%99k)
- [Jan Wnęk](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Wn%C4%99k)
- [ヤン・ヴネンク](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%83%8D%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AF)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1447200)

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