# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/martynas-jankus
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:55:50.142Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/martynas-jankus"
name: "Martynas Jankus"
slug: "martynas-jankus"
description: "Martynas Jankus or Martin Jankus was a Prussian-Lithuanian printer, social activist and publisher in East Prussia, called the Patriarch of Lithuania Minor. He was one of the publishers of Aušra, the first Lithuanian-language newspaper for both Lithuania Minor and Lithuania Major. Jankus used various pen names, including V. Giedris, Martyneitis, Bitėnų Merčius, and Gyvoleitis."
tagline: "Lithuanian politician (1858–1946)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stamps_of_Lithuania%2C_2008-07.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1858-08-07"
deathDate: "1946-05-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.44
  momentum:             4.609929078014185
  historical:           5.270482666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martynas_Jankus"
    title: "Martynas Jankus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%86%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81_%D0%AF%D0%BD%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%81"
    title: "Марцінас Янкус"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martynas_Jankus"
    title: "Martynas Jankus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martynas_Jankus"
    title: "Martynas Jankus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martynas_Jankus"
    title: "Martynas Jankus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martynas_Jankus"
    title: "Martynas Jankus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3917296"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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