# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lance-sharkey
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:13:34.930Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lance-sharkey"
name: "Lance Sharkey"
slug: "lance-sharkey"
description: "Lawrence Louis Sharkey, commonly known as Lance Sharkey or L. L. Sharkey, was an Australian trade unionist and communist leader. From 1948 to 1965, he served as the secretary-general of Communist Party of Australia (CPA). Sharkey was an orthodox Stalinist throughout his political career, closely following the prevailing Soviet line in each major turn of policy."
tagline: "Australian journalist (1898-1967)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lance_Sharkey_1949.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1898-08-18"
deathDate: "1967-05-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.62
  momentum:             17.61111111111111
  historical:           5.274838666666667
  currentAttention:     100
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Sharkey"
    title: "Lance Sharkey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%89"
    title: "لانس شاركى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Sharkey"
    title: "Lance Sharkey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B8%2C_%D0%9B%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81"
    title: "Шарки, Лоренс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BC%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%BD_%D5%87%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%AF%D5%AB"
    title: "Լորենս Շարկի"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%A8%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B8"
    title: "Лорен Луис Шарки"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1801806"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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