# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-l-gibson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:21:44.223Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-l-gibson"
name: "Robert L. Gibson"
slug: "robert-l-gibson"
description: "Robert Lee \"Hoot\" Gibson is a former American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and aeronautical engineer. A retired NASA astronaut, he also served as Chief of the Astronaut Office from 1992 to 1997. Today Gibson is active as a professional pilot, racing regularly at the annual Reno Air Races. He was inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in 2003 and the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 2013, and has received several military decorations throughout his career."
tagline: "American astronaut"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gibson-rl.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
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  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1946-10-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.139608
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump