# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/josef-jiri-svec
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:23:13.484Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/josef-jiri-svec"
name: "Josef Jiří Švec"
slug: "josef-jiri-svec"
description: "Josef Jiří Švec was a Czech military officer, member of Česká družina and later of the Czechoslovak Legion in Russia; he had formerly been a teacher. He committed suicide after the men under his command refused to obey his orders. He is one of the most commemorated members of the Czechoslovak legions."
tagline: "Czechoslovak legioneer (1883–1918)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_of_Josef_Ji%C5%99%C3%AD_%C5%A0vec.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Educators"
  slug: "educators"
profileType:
  name: "Educator"
  slug: "educator"
birthDate: "1883-07-19"
deathDate: "1918-10-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.44
  momentum:             0
  historical:           3.739885333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Ji%C5%99%C3%AD_%C5%A0vec"
    title: "Josef Jiří Švec"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Ji%C5%99%C3%AD_%C5%A0vec"
    title: "Josef Jiří Švec"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%86%2C_%D0%99%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84_%D0%99%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B6%D0%B8"
    title: "Швец, Йозеф Йиржи"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Josef_Ji%C5%99%C3%AD_%C5%A0vec"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12026169"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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