# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/josef-lada
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:18:11.265Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/josef-lada"
name: "Josef Lada"
slug: "josef-lada"
description: "Josef Lada was a Czech painter, illustrator, cartoonist and writer. He was pioneer of the Czech comicbook tradition and founder of the \"Czech modern fairytale\" genre. He is considered one of the greatest Czech artists of all times – which is also what the artist Pablo Picasso had claimed him to be. He is best known for his children's books and as the illustrator of Jaroslav Hašek's World War I novel The Good Soldier Švejk. He's an author of over 15,000 illustrations and more than 600 paintings. The main themes and motives of his work include the following: home village Hrusice, water goblins and sprites, night watchmen, pub fights and the traditional pig-slaughter."
tagline: "Czech illustrator, painter, caricaturist, scenographer and writer (1887-1957)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Josef_Lada_1940.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1887-12-17"
deathDate: "1957-12-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.98
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.98121333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/joseflada.cz"
    handle:    "joseflada.cz"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0480424/"
    handle:    "nm0480424"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.joseflada.cz"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "چوزيف لادا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B0osif_Lada"
    title: "İosif Lada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Йозеф Лада"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Josef Lada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Josef Lada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Lada"
    title: "Josef Lada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Lada"
    title: "Josef Lada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Lada"
    title: "Josef Lada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Յոզեֆ Լադա"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Josef Lada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Josef Lada"
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    title: "Josef Lada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Lada"
    title: "Josef Lada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Lada"
    title: "Josef Lada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0%2C_%D0%99%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84"
    title: "Лада, Йозеф"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Lada"
    title: "Josef Lada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Lada"
    title: "Josef Lada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q368484"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1404653"
    title: "Josef Lada"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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