# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lina-canka
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:00:00.512Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lina-canka"
name: "Līna Čanka"
slug: "lina-canka"
description: "Līna Čanka was a Latvian Corporal of World War I and Latvian War of Independence. She was within the 3rd Kurzeme Latvian Rifle Regiment under the pseudonym of \"Jānis Čanka\" and was known as the first woman to be a recipient of the Order of Lāčplēsis, the highest military award of Latvia."
tagline: "Latvian military personnel (1893–1989)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/L%C4%ABna_%C4%8Canka.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
birthDate: "1893-11-05"
deathDate: "1989-04-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.2
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.472966666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C4%ABna_%C4%8Canka"
    title: "Līna Čanka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C4%ABna_%C4%8Canka"
    title: "Līna Čanka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C4%ABna_%C4%8Canka"
    title: "Līna Čanka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%A7%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B0"
    title: "Ліна Чанка"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C4%ABna_%C4%8Canka"
    title: "Līna Čanka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B0-%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B4%D0%B5%2C_%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0"
    title: "Чанка-Фрейденфелде, Лина"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4507066"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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