# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kazys-skirpa
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:25:55.419Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kazys-skirpa"
name: "Kazys Škirpa"
slug: "kazys-skirpa"
description: "Kazys Škirpa was a Lithuanian military officer and diplomat. He founded the Lithuanian Activist Front (LAF), which attempted to establish Lithuanian independence in June 1941."
tagline: "Lithuanian army officer and diplomat (1895-1979)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kazys_Skirpa.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1895-02-18"
deathDate: "1979-08-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.17
  momentum:             6.163982430453881
  historical:           7.906410666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%A8%D0%BA%D1%96%D1%80%D0%BF%D0%B0"
    title: "Казис Шкірпа"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazys_%C5%A0kirpa"
    title: "Kazys Škirpa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazys_%C5%A0kirpa"
    title: "Kazys Škirpa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazys_%C5%A0kirpa"
    title: "Kazys Škirpa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazys_%C5%A0kirpa"
    title: "Kazys Škirpa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazys_%C5%A0kirpa"
    title: "Kazys Škirpa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazys_%C5%A0kirpa"
    title: "Kazys Škirpa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazys_%C5%A0kirpa"
    title: "Kazys Škirpa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BF%D0%B0%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Шкирпа, Казис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q636890"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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