# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bernard-vonnegut
# Generated: 2026-09-03T14:28:08.479Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bernard-vonnegut"
name: "Bernard Vonnegut"
slug: "bernard-vonnegut"
description: "Bernard Vonnegut was an American atmospheric scientist credited with discovering that silver iodide could be used effectively in cloud seeding to produce snow and rain. He was the older brother of American novelist Kurt Vonnegut, Jr."
tagline: "American atmospheric scientist, chemist (1914–1997)"
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: "1914-08-29"
deathDate: "1997-04-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.21
  momentum:             0.394736842105263
  historical:           8.103422666666667
  currentAttention:     2.19298245614035
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2590002/"
    handle:    "nm2590002"
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بيرنارد ڤونيجوت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Vonnegut_(Meteorologe)"
    title: "Bernard Vonnegut (Meteorologe)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Vonnegut"
    title: "Bernard Vonnegut"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Vonnegut"
    title: "Bernard Vonnegut"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "バーナード・ヴォネガット"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Vonnegut"
    title: "Bernard Vonnegut"
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  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B3%D1%83%D1%82%2C_%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Воннегут, Бернард"
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    title: "Bernard Vonnegut"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump