# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ludwika-wawrzynska
# Generated: 2026-08-15T20:51:23.982Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ludwika-wawrzynska"
name: "Ludwika Wawrzyńska"
slug: "ludwika-wawrzynska"
description: "Ludwika Wawrzyńska was a Polish teacher who worked at an elementary school in Warsaw. On February 8, 1955 she rescued four children from a burning house where they had been locked by their parents as they were leaving for work. She died ten days later, on February 18, from severe burns."
tagline: "Polish teacher who died rescuing children from fire"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ludwika_Wawrzy%C5%84ska.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Educators"
  slug: "educators"
profileType:
  name: "Educator"
  slug: "educator"
birthDate: "1908-04-22"
deathDate: "1955"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.69
  momentum:             15
  historical:           4.809
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwika_Wawrzy%C5%84ska"
    title: "Ludwika Wawrzyńska"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwika_Wawrzy%C5%84ska"
    title: "Ludwika Wawrzyńska"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwika_Wawrzy%C5%84ska"
    title: "Ludwika Wawrzyńska"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwika_Wawrzy%C5%84ska"
    title: "Ludwika Wawrzyńska"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ludwika_Wawrzy%C5%84ska"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6699471"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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