# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ladislav-bittman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:19:02.423Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ladislav-bittman"
name: "Ladislav Bittman"
slug: "ladislav-bittman"
description: "Lawrence Martin-Bittman, formerly known as Ladislav Bittman, was an American artist, author, and retired professor of disinformation at Boston University. He was best known for his 1983 book, The KGB and Soviet Disinformation: An Insider's View."
tagline: "American officer (1931–2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ladislav_Bittman_PD-CzechGov_(cropped).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1931-01-12"
deathDate: "2018-09-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.03
  momentum:             1.696113074204947
  historical:           5.278582666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladislav_Bittman"
    title: "Ladislav Bittman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%81_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "لاديسلاف بيتمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladislav_Bittman"
    title: "Ladislav Bittman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladislav_Bittman"
    title: "Ladislav Bittman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Martin-Bittman"
    title: "Lawrence Martin-Bittman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladislav_Bittman"
    title: "Ladislav Bittman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1799999"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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