# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gene-kranz
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:44:27.776Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gene-kranz"
name: "Gene Kranz"
slug: "gene-kranz"
description: "Eugene Francis Kranz is an American aerospace engineer who served as NASA's second Chief Flight Director, directing missions of the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs, including the first lunar landing mission, Apollo 11. He directed the successful efforts by the Mission Control team to save the crew of Apollo 13. He was known for his close-cut flattop hairstyle and the dapper waistcoats of different styles and materials made by his wife, Marta Kranz, for his Flight Director missions."
tagline: "NASA Flight Director and manager"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gene_kranz2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1933-08-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           57
  momentum:             3.15182006510802
  historical:           22.05472666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Gene Kranz"
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    title: "Gene Kranz"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Gene Kranz"
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    title: "Gene Kranz"
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    title: "Gene Kranz"
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    title: "Gene Kranz"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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