# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/w-adys-aw-bortnowski
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:40:10.964Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/w-adys-aw-bortnowski"
name: "Władysław Bortnowski"
slug: "w-adys-aw-bortnowski"
description: "Władysław Bortnowski was a Polish historian, military commander and one of the highest ranking generals of the Polish Army. He is most famous for commanding the Pomorze Army in the Battle of the Bzura during the invasion of Poland in 1939. He is also notable for serving as president of the Józef Piłsudski Institute of America between 1961 and 1962."
tagline: "Polish historian and general"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Bortnowski_(-1938).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1891-11-12"
deathDate: "1966-11-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.26
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.302024
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Władysław Bortnowski"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump