# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-abbey-q49950
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:07:17.414Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-abbey-q49950"
name: "George Abbey"
slug: "george-abbey-q49950"
description: "George William Samuel Abbey was an American NASA administrator and United States Air Force pilot. A Naval Academy graduate he graduated from the Air Force Institute of Technology as an electrical engineer, then served in the United States Air Force and the Apollo program. He subsequently became director of flight crews for the Space Shuttle, then director of the Johnson Space Center. Honors include the NASA Exceptional Service Medal, the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal, three NASA Distinguished Service Medals and the 1970 Presidential Medal of Freedom."
tagline: "American NASA administrator (1932–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George_Abbey.gif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1932-08-21"
deathDate: "2024-03-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.76
  momentum:             0.3896103896103896
  historical:           6.156373333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Abbey"
    title: "George Abbey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%A2%D8%A8%D9%8A_(%D9%85%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B3)"
    title: "جورج آبي (مهندس)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%A2%D8%A8%D9%89_(%D8%B7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7)"
    title: "جورج آبى (طيار من امريكا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Abbey_(NASA)"
    title: "George Abbey (NASA)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Abbey_(ing%C3%A9nieur)"
    title: "George Abbey (ingénieur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Abbey"
    title: "George Abbey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Abbey_(ingegnere)"
    title: "George Abbey (ingegnere)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49950"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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