# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/daniel-kleppner
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:51:09.604Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/daniel-kleppner"
name: "Daniel Kleppner"
slug: "daniel-kleppner"
description: "Daniel Kleppner was an American physicist who was the Lester Wolfe Professor Emeritus of Physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and co-founder and co-director of the MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms. His areas of science included atomic, molecular, and optical physics, and his research interests included experimental atomic physics, laser spectroscopy, and high precision measurements."
tagline: "American physicist (1932–2025)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Professor_Daniel_Kleppner.jpg/330px-Professor_Daniel_Kleppner.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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birthDate: "1932-12-16"
deathDate: "2025-06-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  75
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump