# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/forrest-silas-petersen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:15:06.127Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/forrest-silas-petersen"
name: "Forrest Silas Petersen"
slug: "forrest-silas-petersen"
description: "Forrest Silas Petersen, , was a United States Navy aviator and test pilot. He was one of twelve pilots who flew the North American X-15, an experimental spaceplane jointly operated by the Air Force and NASA."
tagline: "American Naval Rear Admiral (1922–1990)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ForrestSilasPetersonUSN.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1922-05-16"
deathDate: "1990-12-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.79
  momentum:             8.852459016393441
  historical:           6.343125333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "福里斯特·S·彼得森"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فورست إس. بيترسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فورست اس. بيترسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Форест Петерсен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest_S._Petersen"
    title: "Forrest S. Petersen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest_S._Petersen"
    title: "Forrest S. Petersen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest_Petersen"
    title: "Forrest Petersen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5470514"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump