# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jonas-bretkunas
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:25:23.014Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jonas-bretkunas"
name: "Jonas Bretkūnas"
slug: "jonas-bretkunas"
description: "Jonas Bretkūnas, Johann(es) Bretke, also known as Bretkus (born 1536 in Bammeln near Friedland – 1602 Königsberg was a Lutheran pastor and was one of the best known developers of the written Lithuanian language. He translated the Bible into Lithuanian, was the author of twelve Lithuanian books, and a historian as well."
tagline: "Lithuanian pastor, writer"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1536"
deathDate: "1602-10-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.33
  momentum:             14.56796116504854
  historical:           5.470770666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas_Bretk%C5%ABnas"
    title: "Jonas Bretkūnas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "چوناس بريتكوناس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Bretke"
    title: "Johannes Bretke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%2C_%D0%99%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81"
    title: "Бреткунас, Йонас"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas_Bretk%C5%ABnas"
    title: "Jonas Bretkūnas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas_Bretk%C5%ABnas"
    title: "Jonas Bretkūnas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q177962"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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