# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-van-hoften
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:34:14.213Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-van-hoften"
name: "James van Hoften"
slug: "james-van-hoften"
description: "James Dougal Adrianus \"Ox\" van Hoften is an American civil and hydraulic engineer, retired U.S. Navy officer and aviator, and a former astronaut for NASA."
tagline: "American astronaut"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vanhoften-jda.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1944-06-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.26
  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.418792
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0887141/"
    handle:    "nm0887141"
sources:
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    title: "詹姆斯·范霍夫腾"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Джеймс Ван Хофтен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James van Hoften"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_van_Hoften"
    title: "James van Hoften"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_van_Hoften"
    title: "James van Hoften"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%D9%81%D9%86_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%81%D8%AA%D9%86"
    title: "جیمز فن هوفتن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James van Hoften"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James van Hoften"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_van_Hoften"
    title: "James van Hoften"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_van_Hoften"
    title: "James van Hoften"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_van_Hoften"
    title: "James van Hoften"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James van Hoften"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_van_Hoften"
    title: "James van Hoften"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_van_Hoften"
    title: "James van Hoften"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_van_Hoften"
    title: "James van Hoften"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%A5%D0%BE%D1%84%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81_%D0%94%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB_%D0%90%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%83%D1%81"
    title: "Ван Хофтен, Джеймс Дугал Адрианус"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Dougal Adrianus van Hoften"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James van Hoften"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1553394"
    title: "James Van Hoften"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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