# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paolo-maffei
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:18:58.740Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paolo-maffei"
name: "Paolo Maffei"
slug: "paolo-maffei"
description: "Paolo Maffei was an Italian astrophysicist and science writer."
tagline: "Italian astrophysicist (1926-2009)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paolomaffei.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Italy"
  isoCode: "IT"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1926-01-02"
deathDate: "2009-03-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.68
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.74150533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%D9%88_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%8A"
    title: "باولو مافيي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84%D9%88_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%89"
    title: "پولو مافيى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo_Maffei"
    title: "Paolo Maffei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%AC%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%BF_%CE%9C%CE%B1%CF%86%CF%86%CE%AD%CE%B9"
    title: "Πάολο Μαφφέι"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo_Maffei"
    title: "Paolo Maffei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo_Maffei"
    title: "Paolo Maffei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo_Maffei"
    title: "Paolo Maffei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%91%E3%82%AA%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%95%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4"
    title: "パオロ・マフェイ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo_Maffei"
    title: "Paolo Maffei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo_Maffei"
    title: "Paolo Maffei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulu_Maffei"
    title: "Paulu Maffei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BF%9D%E7%BE%85%C2%B7%E9%A6%AC%E8%8F%B2"
    title: "保羅·馬菲"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q326231"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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