# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/seleucus-of-seleucia
# Generated: 2026-08-16T12:03:56.697Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/seleucus-of-seleucia"
name: "Seleucus of Seleucia"
slug: "seleucus-of-seleucia"
description: "Seleucus of Seleucia was a Hellenistic astronomer and philosopher. Coming from Seleucia on the Tigris, Mesopotamia, the capital of the Seleucid Empire, or, alternatively, Seleukia on the Erythraean Sea, he is best known as a proponent of heliocentrism and for his theory of the causes of tides."
tagline: "Ancient Greek astronomer"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "-190"
deathDate: "-150"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.08
  momentum:             0
  historical:           19.69539466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "塞琉西亞的塞琉古"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seleukos_van_Seleuki%C3%AB"
    title: "Seleukos van Seleukië"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%88%D9%82%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%88%D9%82%D9%8A"
    title: "سلوقس السلوقي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seleuc_de_Sel%C3%A8ucida"
    title: "Seleuc de Selèucida"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seleukos_von_Seleukeia"
    title: "Seleukos von Seleukeia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%85%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%BF_%CE%A3%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%8D%CE%BA%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Seleucus of Seleucia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Seleŭko de Seleŭkio"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seleuco_de_Seleucia"
    title: "Seleuco de Seleucia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "سلوکوس سلوکیه‌ای"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seleucus_dari_Seleucia"
    title: "Seleucus dari Seleucia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seleuco_di_Seleucia"
    title: "Seleuco di Seleucia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%85%80%EB%A0%88%EC%9A%B0%ED%82%A4%EC%95%84%EC%9D%98_%EC%85%80%EB%A0%88%EC%9A%B0%EC%BD%94%EC%8A%A4"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Seleukos vu Seleukia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seleucus_van_Seleucia"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Seleukos z Seleucji"
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  - url: "https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "سیلیوکوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Seleuco de Selêucia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BA_(%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC)"
    title: "Селевк (астроном)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seleuk_iz_Seleukije"
    title: "Seleuk iz Seleukije"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selevk"
    title: "Selevk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seleukial%C4%B1_Seleukos"
    title: "Seleukialı Seleukos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139798"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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