# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-n-bahcall
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:20:34.003Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-n-bahcall"
name: "John N. Bahcall"
slug: "john-n-bahcall"
description: "John Norris Bahcall was an American astrophysicist and the Richard Black Professor for Astrophysics at the Institute for Advanced Study. He was known for a wide range of contributions to solar, galactic and extragalactic astrophysics, including the solar neutrino problem, the development of the Hubble Space Telescope, and his leadership and development of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton."
tagline: "American physicist (1934–2005)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Bahcall.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1934-12-30"
deathDate: "2005-08-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump