# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/visvaldis-lacis
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:58:01.991Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/visvaldis-lacis"
name: "Visvaldis Lācis"
slug: "visvaldis-lacis"
description: "Visvaldis Bruno Lācis was a Latvian publicist, linguist, historian, and politician, one of the leaders of the Singing Revolution, and a member of the 9th Saeima and 10th Saeima. He published more than 300 articles and 10 books on Latvian and world history and politics."
tagline: "Latvian politician and journalist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Visvaldis_L%C4%81cis_2010.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1924-03-12"
deathDate: "2020-04-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.85
  momentum:             3.870967741935483
  historical:           6.138661333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%81%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Лацис, Висвалдис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%B3%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "ڤيسڤالديس لاسيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visvaldis_L%C4%81cis"
    title: "Visvaldis Lācis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visvaldis_L%C4%81cis"
    title: "Visvaldis Lācis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visvaldis_L%C4%81cis"
    title: "Visvaldis Lācis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visvaldis_L%C4%81cis"
    title: "Visvaldis Lācis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visvaldis_L%C4%81cis"
    title: "Visvaldis Lācis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4255404"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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