# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-janka
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:34:21.867Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-janka"
name: "Walter Janka"
slug: "walter-janka"
description: "Walter Janka was a German communist, political activist and writer-turned-publisher who served as a battalion commander in the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War."
tagline: "German author and publisher (1914–1994)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1989-1215-303%2C_Walter_Janka_-_Schriftsteller-.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1914-04-29"
deathDate: "1994-03-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.52
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.037944
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0417699/"
    handle:    "nm0417699"
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Janka"
    title: "Walter Janka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%83%D9%87"
    title: "والتر جنكه"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Janka"
    title: "Walter Janka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Janka"
    title: "Walter Janka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Janka"
    title: "Walter Janka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Janka"
    title: "Walter Janka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B0%2C_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Янка, Вальтер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113457"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/23256"
    title: "Walter Janka"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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