# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jay-c-buckey
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:17:32.380Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jay-c-buckey"
name: "Jay C. Buckey"
slug: "jay-c-buckey"
description: "Jay Clark Buckey Jr. is an American physician and astronaut who flew aboard one Space Shuttle mission (STS-90) as a Payload Specialist. Buckey briefly ran for the Democratic nomination to challenge New Hampshire Senator John E. Sununu, a first term Republican, when he was up for re-election in 2008. Buckey withdrew from the race when former Governor Jeanne Shaheen entered the race."
tagline: "American politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jay_Buckey.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1956-06-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.89
  momentum:             0.1186943620178042
  historical:           12.47894266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Джей Кларк Бакі"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جاى سى باكوى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Джей Баки"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jay Buckey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_C._Buckey"
    title: "Jay C. Buckey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_C._Buckey"
    title: "Jay C. Buckey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C_%D8%B3%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D8%A7%DA%A9%DB%8C"
    title: "جی سی باکی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_C._Buckey"
    title: "Jay C. Buckey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Buckey"
    title: "Jay Buckey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Clark_Buckey"
    title: "Jay Clark Buckey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_C._Buckey"
    title: "Jay C. Buckey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Buckey"
    title: "Jay Buckey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Buckey"
    title: "Jay Buckey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B8%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA"
    title: "Баки, Джей Кларк"
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  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Clark_Buckey"
    title: "Jay Clark Buckey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1338895"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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