# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/steve-pisanos
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:26:25.153Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/steve-pisanos"
name: "Steve Pisanos"
slug: "steve-pisanos"
description: "Steven Nicholas Pisanos was a Greek-American aviator and flying ace who served as a fighter pilot with the British Royal Air Force (RAF) and later the United States Army Air Forces in World War II. He was credited with shooting down 10 enemy aircraft while flying with the American 4th Fighter Group. Post-war, he achieved the rank of colonel in the United States Air Force, flew in the Vietnam War and, by the end of his career in 1974, had received 33 decorations and distinctions. His autobiography, The Flying Greek, was published in April 2008."
tagline: "American flying ace (1919-2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Steve_Pisanos_2006_Gathering_of_Eagles_Lithograph.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1919-11-10"
deathDate: "2016-06-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.7
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.286934666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Pisanos"
    title: "Steve Pisanos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%DA%A4_%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "ستيڤ پيسانوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CF%80%CF%8D%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%A0%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%83%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%82"
    title: "Σπύρος Πισσάνος"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D1%96%D0%B2_%D0%9F%D1%96%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81"
    title: "Стів Пісанос"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%2C_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2"
    title: "Писанос, Стив"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Pisanos"
    title: "Steve Pisanos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3565503"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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