# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/simas-kudirka
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:34:02.640Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/simas-kudirka"
name: "Simas Kudirka"
slug: "simas-kudirka"
description: "Simas Kudirka was a Lithuanian sailor. He is best known for the attempted defection from the Soviet Union in 1970 and subsequent activism against the Soviet regime in Lithuania. An important outcome of the incident was the creation of the improved guidelines for handling defections by American officials."
tagline: "Lithuanian sailor (1930–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Simas_Kudirka%2C_KGB_Photo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1930-04-09"
deathDate: "2023-02-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.17
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.825488
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simas_Kudirka"
    title: "Simas Kudirka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simas_Kudirka"
    title: "Simas Kudirka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simas_Kudirka"
    title: "Simas Kudirka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simas_Kudirka"
    title: "Simas Kudirka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0%2C_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%81"
    title: "Кудирка, Симас"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12672881"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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