# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-aaron
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:14:20.263Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-aaron"
name: "John Aaron"
slug: "john-aaron"
description: "John W. Aaron is a former NASA engineer and was a flight controller during the Apollo program. He is widely credited with saving the Apollo 12 mission when it was struck by lightning soon after launch, and also played an important role during the Apollo 13 crisis."
tagline: "Former NASA engineer, mayor Meadowlakes, Texas"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Aaron_EECOM.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: "1943"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.61
  momentum:             6.559888579387185
  historical:           11.54285333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0007465/"
    handle:    "nm0007465"
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%90%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Джон Аарон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Aaron"
    title: "John Aaron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جون هارون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جان ارون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Aaron"
    title: "John Aaron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Aaron"
    title: "John Aaron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جان ارون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Aaron"
    title: "John Aaron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Aaron"
    title: "John W. Aaron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Aaron"
    title: "John Aaron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Aaron"
    title: "John Aaron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Аарон, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6218012"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1800297"
    title: "John Aaron"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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