# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sidney-shachnow
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:12:48.676Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sidney-shachnow"
name: "Sidney Shachnow"
slug: "sidney-shachnow"
description: "Sidney Shachnow was a Jewish American Holocaust survivor who attained the rank of major general in United States Army. He retired in 1994, after almost 40 years of active service."
tagline: "Special Forces soldier, recipient of the Silver Star"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sidney_Shachnow.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1934-11-23"
deathDate: "2018-09-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.95
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.817172
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Shachnow"
    title: "Sidney Shachnow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Shachnow"
    title: "Sidney Shachnow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%93%D7%A0%D7%99_%D7%A9%D7%9B%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%91"
    title: "סידני שכנוב"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Shachnow"
    title: "Sidney Shachnow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%83%2C_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B8"
    title: "Шачнау, Сидни"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7509332"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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