# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-westphal
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:49:02.359Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-westphal"
name: "James Westphal"
slug: "james-westphal"
description: "James Adolph Westphal was an American academic, scientist, engineer, inventor and astronomer and Director of Caltech's Palomar Observatory from 1994 through 1997."
tagline: "American astronomer (1930–2004)"
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: "1930-06-13"
deathDate: "2004-09-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.51
  momentum:             2.142857142857143
  historical:           5.668538666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "James A. Westphal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جيمس يستفال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "جيمس يستفال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Westphal"
    title: "James Westphal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Westphal"
    title: "James Westphal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "جیمز وستفال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1679908"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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