# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-efstathiou
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:19:37.224Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/george-efstathiou"
name: "George Efstathiou"
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description: "George Petros Efstathiou is a British astrophysicist who was Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Cambridge from 1997 to 2022, where he was also the first director of the Kavli Institute for Cosmology from 2008 to 2016. Prior to these appointments he was Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford."
tagline: "British astronomer (born 1955)"
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birthDate: "1955-09-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  historical:           7.417856
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  trendDirection:       "RISING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump