# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vilis-lacis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:29:31.743Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vilis-lacis"
name: "Vilis Lācis"
slug: "vilis-lacis"
description: "Vilis Lācis was a Latvian writer and communist politician."
tagline: "Latvian writer, politician (1904-1966)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vilis_L%C4%81cis_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1904-05-12"
deathDate: "1966-02-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.37
  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.98481333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6641099/"
    handle:    "nm6641099"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "ڤيليس لاسيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%81_%D0%9B%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%96%D1%81"
    title: "Віліс Лаціс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilis_L%C4%81cis"
    title: "Vilis Lācis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilis_L%C4%81cis"
    title: "Vilis Lācis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilis_L%C4%81cis"
    title: "Vilis Lācis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilis_L%C4%81cis"
    title: "Vilis Lācis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%AF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CF%82_%CE%9B%CE%AC%CF%84%CF%83%CE%B9%CF%82"
    title: "Βίλις Λάτσις"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilis_L%C4%81cis"
    title: "Vilis Lācis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilis_L%C4%81cis"
    title: "Vilis Lācis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilis_L%C4%81cis"
    title: "Vilis Lācis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilis_L%C4%81cis"
    title: "Vilis Lācis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilis_L%C4%81cis"
    title: "Vilis Lācis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilis_L%C4%81cis"
    title: "Vilis Lācis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Վիլիս Լացիս"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Вилис Тенисович Лацис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Vilis Lācis"
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    title: "Vilis Lācis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Vilis Lācis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilis_L%C4%81cis"
    title: "Vilis Lācis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilis_L%C4%81cis"
    title: "Vilis Lācis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%81%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Лацис, Вилис Тенисович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Вилис Лацис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Віліс Лацис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilis_Latsis"
    title: "Vilis Latsis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q526060"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1315243"
    title: "Vilis Lācis"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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