# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yosef-lishansky
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:10:20.929Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yosef-lishansky"
name: "Yosef Lishansky"
slug: "yosef-lishansky"
description: "Yosef Lishansky was a Jewish spy for the British in Ottoman Palestine. Upon making Aliyah, Lishansky sought to join HaShomer but, denied membership, he founded a rival organization, HaMagen. Several years later, he joined the Jewish espionage organization, Nili."
tagline: "Ukrainian-born British spy"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lishanski-1.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1890"
deathDate: "1917-12-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.42
  momentum:             0.06568144499178982
  historical:           8.088734666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%99%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%84_%D0%9B%D1%96%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9"
    title: "Йосеф Лішанський"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%81_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%8A"
    title: "يوسف ليشانسكي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Li%C5%A1anski"
    title: "Josef Lišanski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosef_Lishansky"
    title: "Yosef Lishansky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yossef_Lishansky"
    title: "Yossef Lishansky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%A3_%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%A0%D7%A1%D7%A7%D7%99"
    title: "יוסף לישנסקי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosef_Lishansky"
    title: "Yosef Lishansky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosef_Lishansky"
    title: "Yosef Lishansky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Lishansky"
    title: "Joseph Lishansky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2314674"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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