# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/deke-slayton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:08:45.229Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/deke-slayton"
name: "Deke Slayton"
slug: "deke-slayton"
description: "Donald Kent \"Deke\" Slayton was an American Air Force pilot, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts. He went on to become NASA's first chief of the Astronaut Office and director of Flight Crew Operations, responsible for NASA crew assignments."
tagline: "American astronaut (1924–1993)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Slayton.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1924-03-01"
deathDate: "1993-06-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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ranks:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump