# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bruce-bolt
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:24:51.545Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bruce-bolt"
name: "Bruce Bolt"
slug: "bruce-bolt"
description: "Bruce Bolt was an Australian-born American seismologist and a professor of earth and planetary science at the University of California, Berkeley. Professor Bolt was known as a pioneer of seismic engineering. He served for 15 years on the California Seismic Safety Commission leading public debate on earthquake safety in that state, and acted as a consultant on major projects throughout the world. As well, Bolt published a number of popular and technical books on seismology."
tagline: "American seismologist (1930–2005)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bruce_Bolt%2C_seismologist%2C_1986.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1930-02-15"
deathDate: "2005-07-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.29
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.409036
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Болт, Брюс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA"
    title: "بروس بولت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Bolt"
    title: "Bruce Bolt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CF%80%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%82_%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%BB%CF%84"
    title: "Μπρους Μπολτ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Bolt"
    title: "Bruce Bolt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Bolt"
    title: "Bruce Bolt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA"
    title: "بروس بولت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Alan_Bolt"
    title: "Bruce Alan Bolt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q991546"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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