# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/guenter-wendt
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:48:00.429Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/guenter-wendt"
name: "Guenter Wendt"
slug: "guenter-wendt"
description: "Günter F. Wendt was a German-born American mechanical engineer noted for his work in the U.S. human spaceflight program. An employee of McDonnell Aircraft and later North American Aviation, he was in charge of the spacecraft close-out crews at the launch pads for the entire Mercury and Gemini programs (1961–1966) and the crewed phases of the Apollo, Skylab, and Apollo–Soyuz programs (1968–1975) at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). His official title was Pad Leader."
tagline: "American aerospace engineer (1923–2010)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Guenter_Wendt.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1923-08-28"
deathDate: "2010-05-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.55
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.732150666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2182099/"
    handle:    "nm2182099"
sources:
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guenter_Wendt"
    title: "Guenter Wendt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%AA"
    title: "جوينتير ويندت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guenter_Wendt"
    title: "Guenter Wendt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnter_Wendt"
    title: "Günter Wendt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnter_Wendt"
    title: "Günter Wendt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guenter_Wendt"
    title: "Guenter Wendt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AE%E3%83%A5%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88"
    title: "ギュンター・ウェント"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guenter_Wendt"
    title: "Guenter Wendt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginters_Vents"
    title: "Ginters Vents"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q72416"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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