# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joanes-leizarraga-de-briscous
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:43:05.134Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joanes-leizarraga-de-briscous"
name: "Joanes Leizarraga de Briscous"
slug: "joanes-leizarraga-de-briscous"
description: "Joanes Leizarraga (1506–1601) was a 16th-century Basque priest. He is most famous for being the first to attempt the standardisation of the Basque language and for the translation of religious works into Basque, in particular the first Basque translation of the New Testament, (1571)."
tagline: "Basque writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Leizarraga_biblia_01.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1506"
deathDate: "1601"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.51
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.280382666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanes_Leizarraga"
    title: "Joanes Leizarraga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%A7"
    title: "چوانيس ليزاراجا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanes_Leizarraga"
    title: "Joanes Leizarraga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joannes_Leizarraga"
    title: "Joannes Leizarraga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanes_Leizarraga"
    title: "Joanes Leizarraga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanes_Leizarraga"
    title: "Joanes Leizarraga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanes_Leizarraga"
    title: "Joanes Leizarraga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_de_Li%C3%A7arrague"
    title: "Jean de Liçarrague"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joannes_Leizarraga"
    title: "Joannes Leizarraga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2746075"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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