# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brian-o-leary
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:08:20.707Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/brian-o-leary"
name: "Brian O'Leary"
slug: "brian-o-leary"
description: "Brian Todd O'Leary was an American scientist, author, and NASA astronaut candidate. He was part of NASA Astronaut Group 6, a group of scientist-astronauts chosen with the intention of training for the Apollo Applications Program."
tagline: "American astronomer, astronaut, writer, blogger and advocate (1940-2011)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Brian_todd_oleary_nasa_bio_photo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1940-01-27"
deathDate: "2011-07-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "布莱恩·奥列里"
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    title: "برايان أوليري"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Brian O'Leary"
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  - url: "https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_O'Leary"
    title: "Brian O'Leary"
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    title: "Brian O’Leary"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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