# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/janko-matuska
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:44:00.078Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/janko-matuska"
name: "Janko Matúška"
slug: "janko-matuska"
description: "Janko Matúška was a Slovak poet, activist, occasional playwright, and clerk of the court in the Kingdom of Hungary. He is best known as the author of the Slovak national anthem, \"Lightning O'er the Tatras\", based on the melody of the Slovak folk song \"She Was Digging a Spring\"."
tagline: "Slovak poet and playwright (1821–1877)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Janko_Mat%C3%BA%C5%A1ka.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1821-01-10"
deathDate: "1877-01-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.92
  momentum:             0.4838709677419356
  historical:           15.809288
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Янка Матушка"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Janko Matúška"
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    title: "Janko Matúška"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Janko Matūška"
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    title: "Janko Matúška"
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    title: "Матушка, Янко"
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    title: "Янко Матушка"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump