# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gerard-kuiper
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:18:39.854Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gerard-kuiper"
name: "Gerard Kuiper"
slug: "gerard-kuiper"
description: "Gerard Peter Kuiper was a Dutch astronomer, planetary scientist, selenographer, author and professor. The Kuiper belt is named after him."
tagline: "Netherlands-born American astronomer (1905–1973)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GerardKuiper.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1905-12-07"
deathDate: "1973-12-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump