# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/milton-orville-thompson
# Generated: 2026-08-15T07:40:57.623Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/milton-orville-thompson"
name: "Milton Orville Thompson"
slug: "milton-orville-thompson"
description: "Milton Orville Thompson, , better known as Milt Thompson, was an American naval officer, aviator, engineer, and NASA research pilot. He was one of twelve pilots who flew the North American X-15, an experimental spaceplane jointly operated by the United States Air Force and NASA."
tagline: "American aviator (1926–1993)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Milton_O._Thompson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1926-05-04"
deathDate: "1993-08-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             12.71186440677966
  historical:           6.343737333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Милт Томпсън"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Milton O. Thompson"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Orville_Thompson"
    title: "Milton Orville Thompson"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump