# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frank-pieter-israel
# Generated: 2026-08-15T20:14:37.465Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frank-pieter-israel"
name: "Frank Pieter Israel"
slug: "frank-pieter-israel"
description: "Frank Pieter Israel is a Dutch astronomer. He received his Ph.D. in astronomy at the Leiden Observatory in 1976,\nwhere he currently is emeritus professor. Most of his work is dedicated to the Interstellar medium of external galaxies. The asteroid 7507 Israel is named for him."
tagline: "Dutch astronomer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frank_Israel_opent_Skepsis_Congres_2014.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1946-12-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           33.34
  momentum:             2.068965517241379
  historical:           4.60126
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "فرانك بيتر اسرائيل"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Pieter_Israel"
    title: "Frank Pieter Israel"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Pieter_Israel"
    title: "Frank Pieter Israel"
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  - url: "https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Pieter_Israel"
    title: "Frank Pieter Israel"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump