# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-e-lawyer
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:19:27.665Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-e-lawyer"
name: "Richard E. Lawyer"
slug: "richard-e-lawyer"
description: "Richard Earl \"Dick\" Lawyer was a USAF astronaut, test pilot, and combat veteran. Although he trained for the USAF Manned Orbital Laboratory (MOL), the program was cancelled before any of the MOL crews reached space."
tagline: "American astronaut (1932-2005)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Col._Richard_E._Lawyer.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1932-11-08"
deathDate: "2005-11-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           34.77
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.402448
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ريتشارد اى. لويار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ричард Лойър"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_E._Lawyer"
    title: "Richard E. Lawyer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%A6%DB%8C._%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B1"
    title: "ریچارد ئی. لاویر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_E._Lawyer"
    title: "Richard E. Lawyer"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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