# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-mcdivitt
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:48:12.164Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-mcdivitt"
name: "James McDivitt"
slug: "james-mcdivitt"
description: "James Alton McDivitt Jr. was an American test pilot, United States Air Force (USAF) pilot, aeronautical engineer, and NASA astronaut in the Gemini and Apollo programs. He joined the USAF in 1951 and flew 145 combat missions in the Korean War. In 1959, after graduating first in his class with a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Michigan through the U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) program, he qualified as a test pilot at the Air Force Experimental Flight Test Pilot School and Aerospace Research Pilot School, and joined the Manned Spacecraft Operations Branch. By September 1962, McDivitt had logged over 2,500 flight hours, of which more than 2,000 hours were in jet aircraft. This included flying as a chase pilot for Robert M. White's North American X-15 flight on July 17, 1962, in which White reached an altitude of 59.5 miles (95.8 km) and became the first X-15 pilot to be awarded Astronaut Wings."
tagline: "American astronaut and test pilot (1929-2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JamesMcDivitt.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1929-06-10"
deathDate: "2022-10-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.27
  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.44861066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0973494/"
    handle:    "nm0973494"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump