# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/carl-wunsch
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:10:55.653Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/carl-wunsch"
name: "Carl Wunsch"
slug: "carl-wunsch"
description: "Carl Wunsch was the Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physical Oceanography at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, until he retired in 2013. He is known for his early work in internal waves and more recently for research into the effects of ocean circulation on climate."
tagline: "American oceanographer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1941-05-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.48
  momentum:             20.45454545454545
  historical:           6.344961333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Wunsch"
    title: "Carl Wunsch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B4"
    title: "كارل ونش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D9%88%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B4"
    title: "كارل وونش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Wunsch"
    title: "Carl Wunsch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Wunsch"
    title: "Carl Wunsch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Wunsch"
    title: "Carl Wunsch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Wunsch"
    title: "Carl Wunsch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q473213"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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