# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nicola-winter
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:50:12.321Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nicola-winter"
name: "Nicola Winter"
slug: "nicola-winter"
description: "Nicola Winter is a German reserve astronaut and former fighter pilot. Winter became the second female fighter pilot in the history of the German Air Force in 2007 flying both Tornado and Eurofighter Typhoon in the German Air Force. In 2017, she was selected as an astronaut candidate for the private spaceflight organisation Die Astronautin, which aims to send the first German woman into space, but later withdrew from the programme. In 2022, she was named a reserve astronaut in the European Astronaut Corps."
tagline: "German reserve astronaut and former fighter pilot"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ESA_astronaut_announcement_Class_of_2022_(52519691554)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1985-03-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.35
  momentum:             12.08571428571428
  historical:           5.722934666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolawinter1/"
    handle:    "nicolawinter1"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10354928/"
    handle:    "nm10354928"
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicola_Winter"
    title: "Nicola Winter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "نيكولا باومان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "نيكولا باومان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicola_Winter"
    title: "Nicola Winter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicola_Winter"
    title: "Nicola Winter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicola_Winter"
    title: "Nicola Winter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28086396"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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