# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ilan-ramon
# Generated: 2026-09-08T19:43:01.584Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ilan-ramon"
name: "Ilan Ramon"
slug: "ilan-ramon"
description: "Ilan Ramon was an Israeli fighter pilot and later the first Israeli astronaut. He served as a Space Shuttle payload specialist on STS-107, the fatal mission of Columbia, in which he and the six other crew members were killed when the spacecraft disintegrated during re-entry. At 48, Ramon was the oldest member of the crew. He is the only foreign recipient of the United States Congressional Space Medal of Honor, which was awarded posthumously."
tagline: "Israeli fighter pilot and later the first Israeli astronaut"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ilan_Ramon%2C_NASA_photo_portrait_in_orange_suit.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IL"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1954-06-20"
deathDate: "2003-02-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-country-fill