# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/victor-weisskopf
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:11:47.574Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/victor-weisskopf"
name: "Victor Weisskopf"
slug: "victor-weisskopf"
description: "Victor Frederick \"Viki\" Weisskopf was an Austrian-born American theoretical physicist and Director-General of CERN from 1961 – 1965."
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birthDate: "1908-09-19"
deathDate: "2002-04-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump