# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/beniamin-margaryan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:26:59.962Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/beniamin-margaryan"
name: "Beniamin Margaryan"
slug: "beniamin-margaryan"
description: "Benjamin Egishevich Markarian was an Armenian astrophysicist. Markarian's Chain is a group of galaxies which was named after him when he discovered that its members move with a common motion. He is also the namesake of a catalog of compact, optically bright galaxies known as Markarian galaxies."
tagline: "Armenian astrophysicist (1913–1985)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Benjamin_Markarian_2013_Armenian_stamp.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
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birthDate: "1913-11-29"
deathDate: "1985-09-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump