# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-thirsk
# Generated: 2026-09-01T03:32:47.476Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-thirsk"
name: "Robert Thirsk"
slug: "robert-thirsk"
description: "Robert \"Bob\" Brent Thirsk, is a Canadian retired engineer and physician, and a former Canadian Space Agency astronaut. He holds the Canadian record for the most time spent in space. He became an officer of the Order of Canada (OC) in 2013 and was named to the Order of British Columbia (OBC) in 2012."
tagline: "Canadian astronaut"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert_thirsk_v2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1953-08-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.44
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.053352
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Robert Thirsk"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Thirsk"
    title: "Robert Thirsk"
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  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberts_Tirsks"
    title: "Roberts Tirsks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Robert Thirsk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Robert Thirsk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Robert Thirsk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q461795"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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