# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/curt-michel
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:25:23.375Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/curt-michel"
name: "Curt Michel"
slug: "curt-michel"
description: "Frank Curtis Michel was an American astrophysicist; a professor of astrophysics at Rice University in Houston, Texas; a United States Air Force pilot; and a NASA astronaut."
tagline: "American astronaut"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michel-fc.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1934-06-05"
deathDate: "2015-02-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.25
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.14607733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "科特·米歇尔"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كورت ميشيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كورت ميشيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D1%8A%D0%BB"
    title: "Франк Майкъл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curt_Michel"
    title: "Curt Michel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curt_Michel"
    title: "Curt Michel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%85%DB%8C%DA%86%D9%84"
    title: "کورت میچل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curt_Michel"
    title: "Curt Michel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9F%E3%83%83%E3%83%81%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB"
    title: "カート・ミッチェル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frenks_K%C4%93rtiss_Maikls"
    title: "Frenks Kērtiss Maikls"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Michel"
    title: "Frank Michel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Michel"
    title: "Curtis Michel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._Curtis_Michel"
    title: "F. Curtis Michel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3270358"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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