# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-munk
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:36:20.858Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-munk"
name: "Walter Munk"
slug: "walter-munk"
description: "Walter Heinrich Munk was an American physical oceanographer. He was one of the first scientists to bring statistical methods to the analysis of oceanographic data. Munk worked on a wide range of topics, including surface waves, geophysical implications of variations in the Earth's rotation, tides, internal waves, deep-ocean drilling into the sea floor, acoustical measurements of ocean properties, sea level rise, and climate change. His work won awards including the National Medal of Science, the Kyoto Prize, and induction to the French Legion of Honour."
tagline: "American oceanographer (1917–2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Crafoordprize_2010-10.jpg?width=1200"
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country:
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birthDate: "1917-10-19"
deathDate: "2019-02-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump