# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-gillon
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:46:59.426Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-gillon"
name: "Michaël Gillon"
slug: "michael-gillon"
description: "Michaël Gillon is a Belgian astronomer and astrophysicist. His research focuses on exoplanets and he conducts his research at the University of Liège. He holds a master's degree in biochemistry and astrophysics and also a PhD in astrophysics, and completed his post-doctorate at Geneva Observatory. Co-discoverer of hundreds of exoplanets, he is FNRS Research Director at the Institute of Astrophysics and Geophysics of the Department of Astrophysics, Geophysics and Oceanography, and co-director of the Astrobiology Research Unit of the University of Liège (Belgium). Michaël Gillon is at the origin of the discovery of the TRAPPIST-1 exoplanetary system."
tagline: "Belgian astronomer and astrophysicist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_Gillon.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1974"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  popularity:           39.57
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.673506666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump