# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frank-drake
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:45:12.354Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frank-drake"
name: "Frank Drake"
slug: "frank-drake"
description: "Frank Donald Drake was an American astrophysicist and astrobiologist."
tagline: "American astronomer and astrophysicist (1930–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dr._Frank_Drake.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1930-05-28"
deathDate: "2022-09-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           23.982772
  currentAttention:     2.36
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump