# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alan-shepard
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:56:22.320Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alan-shepard"
name: "Alan Shepard"
slug: "alan-shepard"
description: "Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. was an American astronaut. In 1961, he became the second human and the first American to travel into space and, in 1971, he became the fifth and oldest person to walk on the Moon, at age 47."
tagline: "American astronaut, first American in space, lunar explorer (1923–1998)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Business_suit_portrait_of_Al_Shepard.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "founders"
profileType:
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  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1923-11-18"
deathDate: "1998-07-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: 107
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0791593"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Alan Shepard"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump