# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-b-kaler
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:40:01.519Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-b-kaler"
name: "James B. Kaler"
slug: "james-b-kaler"
description: "James Bailey \"Jim\" Kaler was an American astronomer and science writer."
tagline: "American astronomer (1938–2022)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/44/James_B._Kaler.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1938-12-29"
deathDate: "2022-11-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.29
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.270158666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "James B. Kaler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_B._Kaler"
    title: "James B. Kaler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_B._Kaler"
    title: "James B. Kaler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_B._Kaler"
    title: "James B. Kaler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BBB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ジェームズ・B・ケイラー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Kaler"
    title: "Jim Kaler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q751393"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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