# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-cowan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:27:03.775Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-cowan"
name: "George Cowan"
slug: "george-cowan"
description: "George Arthur Cowan was an American physical chemist, a businessman and philanthropist."
tagline: "American physical chemist, businessman and philanthropist (1920–2012)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George_Cowan%2C_1966.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1920-02-15"
deathDate: "2012-04-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.44
  momentum:             15.53231939163498
  historical:           7.209972
  currentAttention:     15.08
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "جورج كوان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جرج کوان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Cowan"
    title: "George Cowan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Cowan"
    title: "George Cowan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%AC_%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "جرج کوان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AF%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ジョージ・コーワン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q448993"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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