# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/owen-gingerich
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:47:59.246Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/owen-gingerich"
name: "Owen Gingerich"
slug: "owen-gingerich"
description: "Owen Jay Gingerich was an American astronomer who had been professor emeritus of astronomy and of the history of science at Harvard University and a senior astronomer emeritus at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. In addition to his research and teaching, he had written many books on the history of astronomy."
tagline: "American astronomer (1930–2023)"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1930-03-24"
deathDate: "2023-05-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.41747572815534
  historical:           10.95450133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Όοουεν Γκίνγκεριτς"
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    title: "Owen Gingerich"
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    title: "Owen Gingerich"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump