# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/axel-d-becke
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:58:37.833Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/axel-d-becke"
name: "Axel D. Becke"
slug: "axel-d-becke"
description: "Axel Dieter Becke was a physical chemist and Professor of Chemistry at Dalhousie University, Canada. He was a leading researcher in the application of density functional theory (DFT) to molecules."
tagline: "German chemist"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1953-06-10"
deathDate: "2025-10-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.6
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.473830666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axel_D._Becke"
    title: "Axel D. Becke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "اكسل دى بيك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axel_Becke"
    title: "Axel Becke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axel_D._Becke"
    title: "Axel D. Becke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axel_Becke"
    title: "Axel Becke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%82%AF%E3%82%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BBD%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%83%83%E3%82%B1"
    title: "アクセル・D・ベッケ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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