# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dick-rutan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:24:12.773Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dick-rutan"
name: "Dick Rutan"
slug: "dick-rutan"
description: "Richard Glenn Rutan was an American military aviator and officer, as well as a record-breaking test pilot who in 1986 piloted the Voyager aircraft on the first non-stop, non-refueled around-the-world flight with co-pilot Jeana Yeager. He was the older brother of famed aerospace designer Burt Rutan, whose many earlier original designs Dick piloted on class record-breaking flights, including Voyager."
tagline: "American aviator, test pilot, and recipient of the Purple Heart medal"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DickRutan.jpeg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1938-07-01"
deathDate: "2024-05-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.88
  momentum:             0.1724137931034483
  historical:           7.056736
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Rutan"
    title: "Dick Rutan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ديك روتان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ديك روتان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Rutan"
    title: "Dick Rutan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Rutan"
    title: "Dick Rutan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Rutan"
    title: "Dick Rutan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Rutan"
    title: "Dick Rutan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Rutan"
    title: "Dick Rutan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q324831"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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