# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-leland-atwood
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:01:41.254Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-leland-atwood"
name: "John Leland Atwood"
slug: "john-leland-atwood"
description: "John Leland \"Lee\" Atwood was an American aerospace engineer who worked as Chief Engineer/Executive at North American Aviation for over 35 years, succeeding Dutch Kindelberger as president and CEO. He developed the P-51 Mustang during World War II, the F-100 jet fighter, the X-15 rocket plane, and oversaw the Apollo program."
tagline: "American aerospace engineer and executive"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Atwood%2C_John_Leland_Lee_(4727962288).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: "1904-10-26"
deathDate: "1999-03-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.02
  momentum:             3.23529411764706
  historical:           5.017748
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF_%D8%A3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%88%D8%AF"
    title: "جون ليلاند أتوود"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Leland_Atwood"
    title: "John Leland Atwood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF_%D8%A2%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%AF"
    title: "جان للند آتود"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Leland_Atwood"
    title: "John Leland Atwood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Leland_Atwood"
    title: "John Leland Atwood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6244504"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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