# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/harry-julian-allen
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:53:30.411Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/harry-julian-allen"
name: "Harry Julian Allen"
slug: "harry-julian-allen"
description: "Harry Julian Allen, also known as Harvey Allen, was an aeronautical engineer and a Director of the NASA Ames Research Center, most noted for his \"Blunt Body\" theory of atmospheric entry which permitted successful recovery of orbiting spacecraft. His technique is still used to this day."
tagline: "American aeronautical engineer (1910–1977)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ARC-1961-AC-28536.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1910-04-01"
deathDate: "1977-01-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.24
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.675162666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Harry Julian Allen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "هاري جوليان ألين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "هارى جوليان الين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Harry Julian Allen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Julian_Allen"
    title: "Harry Julian Allen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Julian_Allen"
    title: "Harry Julian Allen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%A2%D9%84%D9%86"
    title: "هری جولین آلن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Julian_Allen"
    title: "Harry Julian Allen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Julian_Allen"
    title: "Harry Julian Allen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1034131"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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