# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-c-hilmers
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:01:03.951Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-c-hilmers"
name: "David C. Hilmers"
slug: "david-c-hilmers"
description: "David Carl Hilmers is a former NASA astronaut who flew four Space Shuttle missions. He was born in Clinton, Iowa, but considers DeWitt, Iowa, to be his hometown. He has two grown sons. His recreational interests include playing the piano, gardening, electronics, spending time with his family, and all types of sports. His parents are deceased. With five academic degrees, he is the second most formally educated U.S. astronaut, behind Story Musgrave and Lee Morin with six."
tagline: "American astronaut"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DavidCarlHilmers.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1950-01-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.73
  momentum:             3.714285714285714
  historical:           17.28596266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Девід Карл Гілмерс"
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    title: "David C. Hilmers"
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    title: "David Hilmers"
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    title: "David C. Hilmers"
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    title: "David Hilmers"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hilmers"
    title: "David Hilmers"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump