# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-t-whitcomb
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:49:04.799Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-t-whitcomb"
name: "Richard T. Whitcomb"
slug: "richard-t-whitcomb"
description: "Richard Travis Whitcomb was an American aeronautical engineer who was noted for his contributions to the science of aerodynamics."
tagline: "US aerospace engineer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Whitcomb_with_f106_in_1991.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1921-02-21"
deathDate: "2009-10-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.817712
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ريتشارد تي ويتكومب"
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    title: "Richard T. Whitcomb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_T._Whitcomb"
    title: "Richard T. Whitcomb"
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    title: "ریچارد تی. ویت کمب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Whitcomb"
    title: "Richard Whitcomb"
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  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Whitcomb"
    title: "Richard Whitcomb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Whitcomb"
    title: "Richard Whitcomb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Whitcomb"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump