# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rawi-bhavilai
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:12:59.826Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rawi-bhavilai"
name: "Rawi Bhavilai"
slug: "rawi-bhavilai"
description: "Rawi Bhavilai was a Thai astronomer, writer and translator. He served as a professor at the Physics Department of the Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, and was known for his writings on astronomy as well as philosophy and religion. He was a fellow of the Royal Society of Thailand, and was named National Artist in literature in 2006."
tagline: "Thai astronomer and writer"
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birthDate: "1925-10-17"
deathDate: "2017-03-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump