# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karlis-balodis
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:02:53.440Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karlis-balodis"
name: "Kārlis Balodis"
slug: "karlis-balodis"
description: "Kārlis Balodis was a notable Latvian economist, financist, statistician and demographist. Most notably, he is the author of civilian rationing, which was first used in Germany during the First World War. Balodis has received the Grand Gold Medal of the Russian Academy of Sciences, as well as the Dmitry Tolstoy Prize."
tagline: "Economist and Member of the Parliament of Latvia (1864-1931)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1864-06-20"
deathDate: "1931-01-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.06
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.140749333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%81%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Балодис, Карлис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "كارليس بالوديس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Ballod"
    title: "Carl Ballod"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%BB%CE%B9%CF%82_%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%BB%CF%8C%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B9%CF%82"
    title: "Κάρλις Μπαλόντις"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%81rlis_Balodis"
    title: "Kārlis Balodis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%81rlis_Balodis"
    title: "Kārlis Balodis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%81rlis_Balodis"
    title: "Kārlis Balodis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BF%D5%A1%D5%BC%D5%AC%D5%AB%D5%BD_%D4%B2%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%B8%D5%A4%D5%AB%D5%BD"
    title: "Կառլիս Բալոդիս"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlis_Baluodis"
    title: "Karlis Baluodis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%81rlis_Balodis"
    title: "Kārlis Balodis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q506620"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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