# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mario-hamuy
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:03:25.342Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mario-hamuy"
name: "Mario Hamuy"
slug: "mario-hamuy"
description: "Mario Andrés Hamuy Wackenhut is a Chilean Astronomer and Professor of Astronomy at the University of Chile and Cerro Calan Observatory. He is well known for his observational work on all classes of supernovae, especially the use of Type Ia and Type II supernovae as measures of cosmic distance."
tagline: "Chilean astronomer"
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birthDate: "1960-05-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
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    handle:    "mariohamuy"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump