# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jekabs-peterss
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:39:44.233Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jekabs-peterss"
name: "Jēkabs Peterss"
slug: "jekabs-peterss"
description: "Jēkabs Peterss was a Latvian Communist revolutionary and politician who played a part in the establishment of the Soviet Union. Together with Felix Dzerzhinsky, he was one of the founders and chiefs of the Cheka, the secret police of Soviet Russia. He was the Deputy Chairman of the Cheka from 1918 and briefly the acting Chairman of the Cheka from 7 July to 22 August 1918."
tagline: "Latvian revolutionary (1886–1938)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yakov_Peters2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1886-11-21"
deathDate: "1938-04-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.92
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.92146933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "雅科夫·彼得斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Петерс Яков Христофорович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakow_Christoforowitsch_Peters"
    title: "Jakow Christoforowitsch Peters"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C4%93kabs_Peterss"
    title: "Jēkabs Peterss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C4%93kabs_Peterss"
    title: "Jēkabs Peterss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D%E1%83%91_%E1%83%9E%E1%83%94%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98"
    title: "იაკობ პეტერსი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%A5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81"
    title: "Яков Христофорович Петерс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "야코프 페테르스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C4%93kabs_Peterss"
    title: "Jēkabs Peterss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C4%93kabs_Peterss"
    title: "Jēkabs Peterss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C4%93kabs_Peterss"
    title: "Jēkabs Peterss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%2C_%D0%AF%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%A5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Петерс, Яков Христофорович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81_%D0%AF%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%B2_%D0%A5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Петерс Яків Христофорович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1066936"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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