# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/simon-white
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:41:30.799Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/simon-white"
name: "Simon White"
slug: "simon-white"
description: "Simon David Manton White, FRS, is a British-German astrophysicist. He was one of directors at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics before his retirement in late 2019."
tagline: "British astronomer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Simon_White_at_RAS_NAM_2012.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
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birthDate: "1951-09-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump