# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jean-claude-pecker
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:50:30.196Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jean-claude-pecker"
name: "Jean-Claude Pecker"
slug: "jean-claude-pecker"
description: "Jean-Claude Pecker was a French astronomer, astrophysicist and author, member of the French Academy of Sciences and director of the Nice Observatory. He served as the secretary-general of the International Astronomical Union from 1964 to 1967. Pecker was the President of the Société astronomique de France (SAF), the French amateur astronomical society, from 1973–1976. He was awarded the Prix Jules Janssen by the French Astronomical Society in 1967. A minor planet is named after him. Pecker was a vocal opponent of astrology and pseudo-science and was the president of the Association française pour l'information scientifique (AFIS), a skeptical organisation which promotes scientific enquiry in the face of quackery and obscurantism."
tagline: "French astronomer and astrophysicist (1923–2020)"
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birthDate: "1923-05-10"
deathDate: "2020-02-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump