# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-w-bussard
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:22:51.540Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-w-bussard"
name: "Robert W. Bussard"
slug: "robert-w-bussard"
description: "Robert W. Bussard was an American physicist who worked primarily in nuclear fusion energy research. He was the recipient of the Schreiber–Spence Space Achievement Award for STAIF-2004. He was also a fellow of the International Academy of Astronautics and held a Ph.D. from Princeton University."
tagline: "American physicist (1928–2007)"
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: "1928-08-11"
deathDate: "2007-10-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.02
  momentum:             15
  historical:           6.546473333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Роберт Бассард"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "روبرت دبليو بوسارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_W._Bussard"
    title: "Robert W. Bussard"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_W._Bussard"
    title: "Robert W. Bussard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_W._Bussard"
    title: "Robert W. Bussard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_W._Bussard"
    title: "Robert W. Bussard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bussard"
    title: "Robert Bussard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q713155"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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