# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alastair-g-w-cameron
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:55:08.424Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alastair-g-w-cameron"
name: "Alastair G. W. Cameron"
slug: "alastair-g-w-cameron"
description: "Alastair Graham Walter Cameron was an American–Canadian astrophysicist and space scientist who was an eminent staff member of the Astronomy department of Harvard University. He was one of the founders of the field of nuclear astrophysics, advanced the theory that the Moon was created by the giant impact of a Mars-sized object with the early Earth, and was an early adopter of computer technology in astrophysics."
tagline: "Canadian astrophysicist (1925–2005)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "CA"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
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  slug: "scientist"
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birthDate: "1925-06-21"
deathDate: "2005-10-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.13891333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump