# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eugene-h-trinh
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:32:42.109Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/eugene-h-trinh"
name: "Eugene H. Trinh"
slug: "eugene-h-trinh"
description: "Eugene Huu-Chau \"Gene\" Trinh is a Vietnamese American biochemist who flew aboard NASA Space Shuttle mission STS-50 as a Payload Specialist, becoming the first Vietnamese American astronaut in space and the second Vietnamese in space."
tagline: "Vietnamese-American astronaut"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1950-09-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump