# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ryszard-siwiec
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:34:33.460Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ryszard-siwiec"
name: "Ryszard Siwiec"
slug: "ryszard-siwiec"
description: "Ryszard Siwiec was a Polish accountant and former Home Army resistance member who was the first person to die by self-immolation in protest against the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia. Although his act was captured by a motion picture camera, Polish press omitted any mention of the incident, which was successfully suppressed by the authorities. Siwiec prepared his plan alone, and few people realized what he tried to achieve with his sacrifice. His story remained mostly forgotten until the fall of communism, when it was first recounted in a documentary film by Polish director Maciej Drygas. Since then, Siwiec has been posthumously awarded a number of Czech, Slovak, and Polish honours and decorations."
tagline: "Polish patriot (1909–1968)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/05850_Sanok_03.05.2011.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1909-03-07"
deathDate: "1968-09-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.96
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.103752
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4293426/"
    handle:    "nm4293426"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "ريسزارد سيويك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ryszard Siwiec"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ryszard Siwiec"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryszard_Siwiec"
    title: "Ryszard Siwiec"
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  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryszard_Siwiec"
    title: "Ryszard Siwiec"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryszard_Siwiec"
    title: "Ryszard Siwiec"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ryszard Siwiec"
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    title: "Ryszard Siwiec"
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    title: "Ryszard Siwiec"
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  - url: "https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryszard_Siwiec"
    title: "Ryszard Siwiec"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "理夏德·西维茨"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q513075"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4196055"
    title: "Ryszard Siwiec"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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