# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jose-luis-sersic
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:15:07.588Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jose-luis-sersic"
name: "José Luis Sérsic"
slug: "jose-luis-sersic"
description: "José Luis Sérsic was an Argentine astronomer best known for his contributions to extragalactic astronomy. He is the namesake of the Sérsic profile, which he published in 1963."
tagline: "Argentinian astronomer (1933–1993)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sersic.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Argentina"
  isoCode: "AR"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1933-05-06"
deathDate: "1993-07-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.87
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.672138666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Luis_S%C3%A9rsic"
    title: "José Luis Sérsic"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Luis_S%C3%A9rsic"
    title: "José Luis Sérsic"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Luis_S%C3%A9rsic"
    title: "José Luis Sérsic"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BA%2C_%D0%A5%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B5_%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Серсик, Хосе Луис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Luis_S%C3%A9rsic"
    title: "José Luis Sérsic"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Luis_S%C3%A9rsic"
    title: "José Luis Sérsic"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3810489"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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