# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-albert-walker
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:07:33.659Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-albert-walker"
name: "Joseph Albert Walker"
slug: "joseph-albert-walker"
description: "Joseph Albert Walker was an American World War II pilot, experimental physicist, NASA test pilot, and astronaut who was the first person to fly an airplane to space. He was one of twelve pilots who flew the North American X-15, an experimental spaceplane jointly operated by the Air Force and NASA."
tagline: "American test pilot (1921–1966)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joseph_Albert_Walker.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: "1921-02-20"
deathDate: "1966-06-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.84925866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joseph Walker"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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