# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ioannis-s-paraskevopoulos
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:03:39.580Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ioannis-s-paraskevopoulos"
name: "Ioannis S. Paraskevopoulos"
slug: "ioannis-s-paraskevopoulos"
description: "John Stefanos Paraskevopoulos also known as John Paras, was a Greek and South African astronomer. He spent most of his career in the Boyden Observatory, for the establishment of which he played a crucial role."
tagline: "Greek/South African astronomer (1889–1951)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_S._Paraskevopoulos.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1889-06-20"
deathDate: "1951-03-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.404644000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "約翰·帕拉斯凱沃普洛斯"
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    title: "John Stefanos Paraskevopoulos"
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    title: "Ιωάννης Σ. Παρασκευόπουλος"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_S._Paraskevopoulos"
    title: "John S. Paraskevopoulos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_S._Paraskevopoulos"
    title: "John S. Paraskevopoulos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_S._Paraskevopoulos"
    title: "John S. Paraskevopoulos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_S._Paraskevopoulos"
    title: "John S. Paraskevopoulos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stefanos_Paraskevopoulos"
    title: "John Stefanos Paraskevopoulos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_S._Paraskevopoulos"
    title: "John S. Paraskevopoulos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%81%2C_%D0%98%D0%BE%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81_(%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC)"
    title: "Параскевопулос, Иоаннис (астроном)"
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  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stefanos_Paraskevopoulos"
    title: "John Stefanos Paraskevopoulos"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump