# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/victor-ostrovsky
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:44:50.262Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/victor-ostrovsky"
name: "Victor Ostrovsky"
slug: "victor-ostrovsky"
description: "Victor John Ostrovsky is an Israeli-Canadian author and intelligence officer who was a case officer in the Israeli Mossad for 14 months before his dismissal. After leaving the Mossad, Ostrovsky authored two books about his service with the Mossad: By Way of Deception, and The Other Side of Deception several years later. Former US Congressman Paul Findley and Pete McCloskey stated Ostrovsky's courage saved the life of former president George H. W. Bush. However, both books were criticized by Israeli journalists, scholars, and historians stating it lacked historical accuracy and contained sensationalist claims."
tagline: "American/Israeli writer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1949-11-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.27
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.756204
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm3191486"
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    title: "Victor Ostrovsky"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump