# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-van-tassel
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:43:47.431Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-van-tassel"
name: "George Van Tassel"
slug: "george-van-tassel"
description: "George Wellington Van Tassel was an American author, inventor and UFO contactee."
tagline: "American author, inventor, ufologist (1910-1978)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George_Van_Tassel_for_the_Sioux_City_Journal.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1910-03-12"
deathDate: "1978-02-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.42
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.590362666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4125917/"
    handle:    "nm4125917"
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Van_Tassel"
    title: "George Van Tassel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Van_Tassel"
    title: "George Van Tassel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Van_Tassel"
    title: "George Van Tassel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%B9%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84"
    title: "جارج وان ٹاسل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Van_Tassel"
    title: "George Van Tassel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3101972"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3237574"
    title: "George Van Tassel"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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