# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/scott-tremaine
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:26:48.738Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/scott-tremaine"
name: "Scott Tremaine"
slug: "scott-tremaine"
description: "Scott Duncan Tremaine is a Canadian-born astrophysicist. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of London, the Royal Society of Canada and the National Academy of Sciences. Tremaine is widely regarded as one of the world's leading astrophysicists for his contributions to the theory of Solar System and galactic dynamics. Tremaine is the namesake of asteroid 3806 Tremaine. He is credited with coining the name \"Kuiper belt\"."
tagline: "Canadian astrophysicist"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "CA"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1950-05-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  historical:           9.61116
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Scott Tremaine"
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    title: "Scott Tremaine"
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    title: "Scott Tremaine"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump