# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/louis-washkansky
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:32:55.215Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/louis-washkansky"
name: "Louis Washkansky"
slug: "louis-washkansky"
description: "Louis Joshua Washkansky was a South African man who was the recipient of the world's first human-to-human heart transplant, and the first patient to regain consciousness following the operation. Washkansky lived for 18 days and was able to speak with his wife and reporters."
tagline: "Lithuanian-South African grocer (c. 1912–1967); recipient of the first human heart transplant"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
birthDate: "1912-04-12"
deathDate: "1967-12-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.98
  momentum:             1.483841602184797
  historical:           9.690828
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Washkansky"
    title: "Louis Washkansky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Washkansky"
    title: "Louis Washkansky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Washkansky"
    title: "Louis Washkansky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Washkansky"
    title: "Louis Washkansky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Washkansky"
    title: "Louis Washkansky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Washkansky"
    title: "Louis Washkansky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Washkansky"
    title: "Louis Washkansky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Washkansky"
    title: "Louis Washkansky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Washkansky"
    title: "Louis Washkansky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Washkansky"
    title: "Louis Washkansky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Washkansky"
    title: "Louis Washkansky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1872054"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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