# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tom-van-flandern
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:37:41.456Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tom-van-flandern"
name: "Tom Van Flandern"
slug: "tom-van-flandern"
description: "Thomas Charles Van Flandern was an American astronomer and author who specialized in celestial mechanics. Van Flandern had a career as a professional scientist but was noted as an outspoken proponent of certain fringe views in astronomy, physics, and extraterrestrial life. He also published the non-mainstream Meta Research Bulletin."
tagline: "American astronomer (1940–2009)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Photo_of_Thomas_Van_Flandern.jpeg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1940-06-26"
deathDate: "2009-01-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.88
  momentum:             2.070844686648502
  historical:           6.549281333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://metaresearch.org/"
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Van_Flandern"
    title: "Tom Van Flandern"
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    title: "تام ون فلاندر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Van_Flandern"
    title: "Tom Van Flandern"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Van_Flandern"
    title: "Tom Van Flandern"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_van_Flandern"
    title: "Tom van Flandern"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Charles_Van_Flandern"
    title: "Thomas Charles Van Flandern"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%A4%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC"
    title: "Ван Фландерн, Том"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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