# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-james-adams
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:51:24.770Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-james-adams"
name: "Michael James Adams"
slug: "michael-james-adams"
description: "Michael James Adams was an American aviator, aeronautical engineer, and USAF astronaut. 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: "Aviator, engineer and astronaut (1930–1967)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_J_Adams_X-15.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1930-05-05"
deathDate: "1967-11-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.27
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.83550133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "邁克爾·詹姆斯·亞當斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D8%A2%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "مايكل آدامز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مايكل آدامز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Майкъл Адамс (пилот)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Adams_(Pilot)"
    title: "Michael Adams (Pilot)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_J._Adams"
    title: "Michael J. Adams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_James_Adams"
    title: "Michael James Adams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%84_%D8%AC%DB%8C_%D8%A2%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "مایکل جی آدامز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_J._Adams"
    title: "Michael J. Adams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_James_Adams"
    title: "Michael James Adams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "מייקל ג'יימס אדמס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Adams_(pilota)"
    title: "Michael Adams (pilota)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Adams"
    title: "Michael Adams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_J._Adams"
    title: "Michael J. Adams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%84_%D8%AC._%D8%A7%DB%90%DA%89%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "مایکل ج. اېډمز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_J._Adams"
    title: "Michael J. Adams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%81%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BB_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81"
    title: "Адамс, Майкл Джеймс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_James_Adams"
    title: "Michael James Adams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_J._Adams"
    title: "Michael J. Adams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1122204"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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