# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/betty-johnson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:46:15.441Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/betty-johnson"
name: "Betty Johnson"
slug: "betty-johnson"
description: "Elizabeth \"Betty\" Johnson PhD was an American theoretical physicist with a PhD in elementary particle theory, who was awarded an MBE in 2002 for \"services to people returning to careers in science, engineering and technology\". Johnson was influential in establishing the Daphne Jackson Trust and was one of the first women to receive a fellowship after a career break for family commitments. Johnson died after a long fight with breast cancer on September 11th, 2003."
tagline: "American physicist"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1936-10-18"
deathDate: "2003-09-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.71
  momentum:             17.12121212121212
  historical:           5.468106666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Johnson_(f%C3%ADsica)"
    title: "Betty Johnson (física)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%8A_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "بيتي جونسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%89_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "بيتى جونسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Johnson"
    title: "Betty Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Johnson_(physicist)"
    title: "Betty Johnson (physicist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%AA%DB%8C_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%81%DB%8C%D8%B2%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86)"
    title: "بتی جانسون (فیزیکدان)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42847009"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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