# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/russell-beck
# Generated: 2026-08-31T19:36:28.712Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/russell-beck"
name: "Russell Beck"
slug: "russell-beck"
description: "Russell Joseph Beck was a New Zealand archaeologist, museum curator, and artist. He has three children, one of whom is Peter Beck, founder of aerospace company Rocket Lab."
tagline: "New Zealand sculptor from Invercargill (1941–2018)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "New Zealand"
  isoCode: "NZ"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1941"
deathDate: "2018-02-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.35
  momentum:             15.05494505494505
  historical:           1.566273333333333
  currentAttention:     100
  sourceConfidence:     9.999999999999998
  profileCompleteness:  49
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Beck"
    title: "Russell Beck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q88496116"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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