# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jonathan-mcdowell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:38:11.715Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jonathan-mcdowell"
name: "Jonathan McDowell"
slug: "jonathan-mcdowell"
description: "Jonathan Christopher McDowell is a British-American astronomer and astrophysicist who worked at the Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics's Chandra X-ray Center. McDowell is the author and editor of Jonathan's Space Report, an e-mail-distributed newsletter documenting satellite launches."
tagline: "British astronomer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jonathan_McDowell.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
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birthDate: "1960-07-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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  - platform:  "IMDB"
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sources:
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    title: "Jonathan McDowell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جوناثان ماكدويل"
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    title: "جۆناتان ماکدوێڵ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jonathan McDowell"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump