# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/abe-silverstein
# Generated: 2026-08-12T16:29:34.789Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/abe-silverstein"
name: "Abe Silverstein"
slug: "abe-silverstein"
description: "Abraham \"Abe\" Silverstein was an American engineer who played an important part in the United States space program. He was a longtime manager at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and its predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). He was instrumental in the planning of the Apollo, Ranger, Mariner, Surveyor, and Voyager missions, and named the Apollo program after the Greek and Roman God."
tagline: "American aerospace engineer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Abe_Silverstein.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1908-09-15"
deathDate: "2001-06-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.39
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.019044
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Abe_Silverstein"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%89_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ابى سيلڤيرستين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abe_Silverstein"
    title: "Abe Silverstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abe_Silverstein"
    title: "Abe Silverstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abe_Silverstein"
    title: "Abe Silverstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abe_Silverstein"
    title: "Abe Silverstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abe_Silverstein"
    title: "Abe Silverstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abe_Silverstein"
    title: "Abe Silverstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2774189"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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