# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vlaada-chvatil
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:39:06.232Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vlaada-chvatil"
name: "Vlaada Chvátil"
slug: "vlaada-chvatil"
description: "Vladimír Chvátil, often known professionally as Vlaada Chvátil, is a Czech board game and video game designer. He became a recognizable name in the board game community following the publication of Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization in 2006 and thereafter his designs frequently made the top 100 list on BoardGameGeek. In 2016, he won the coveted \"Spiel des Jahres\" award for Codenames. In 2019, he entered the Origins Award Hall of Fame."
tagline: "Czech board game and video game designer"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1971-09-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.1
  momentum:             6.052249637155299
  historical:           6.612965333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%96%D0%BC%D1%96%D1%80_%D0%A5%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%96%D0%BB"
    title: "Владімір Хватіл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladim%C3%ADr_Chv%C3%A1til"
    title: "Vladimír Chvátil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlaada_Chv%C3%A1til"
    title: "Vlaada Chvátil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlaada_Chv%C3%A1til"
    title: "Vlaada Chvátil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlaada_Chv%C3%A1til"
    title: "Vlaada Chvátil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlaada_Chv%C3%A1til"
    title: "Vlaada Chvátil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladim%C3%ADr_Chv%C3%A1til"
    title: "Vladimír Chvátil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlaada_Chv%C3%A1til"
    title: "Vlaada Chvátil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1791461"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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