# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jack-parsons-q331497
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:40:46.861Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jack-parsons-q331497"
name: "Jack Parsons"
slug: "jack-parsons-q331497"
description: "John Whiteside Parsons was an American rocket engineer, chemist, and Thelemite occultist. Parsons was one of the principal founders of both the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and Aerojet. He invented the first rocket engine to use a castable, composite rocket propellant, and pioneered the advancement of both liquid-fuel and solid-fuel rockets."
tagline: "American rocket engineer (1914–1952)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1914-10-02"
deathDate: "1952-06-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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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