# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/andre-kuipers
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:17:10.806Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/andre-kuipers"
name: "André Kuipers"
slug: "andre-kuipers"
description: "André Kuipers is a Dutch physician and ESA astronaut. He became the second Dutch citizen, third Dutch-born and fifth Dutch-speaking astronaut upon launch of Soyuz TMA-4 on 19 April 2004. Kuipers returned to Earth aboard Soyuz TMA-3 11 days later."
tagline: "Dutch astronaut"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Andr%C3%A9_Kuipers_2011.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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birthDate: "1958-10-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
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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