# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/andy-thomas
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:32:38.181Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/andy-thomas"
name: "Andy Thomas"
slug: "andy-thomas"
description: "Andrew Sydney Withiel Thomas, AO is an Australian and American aerospace engineer and a former NASA astronaut. He has dual nationality; he became a U.S. citizen in December 1986, hoping to gain entry to NASA's astronaut program. He is married to fellow NASA astronaut Shannon Walker."
tagline: "Australian astronaut"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Astronaut_Andy_Thomas.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1951-12-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.4869913275517012
  historical:           19.52325866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Andy Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Andy Thomas"
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    title: "Andy Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Thomas"
    title: "Andy Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Andrew Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "アンディ・トーマス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Andy Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Andy Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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