# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willy-ley
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:43:34.138Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willy-ley"
name: "Willy Ley"
slug: "willy-ley"
description: "Willy Otto Oskar Ley was a German and American science writer and proponent of space exploration and cryptozoology. The crater Ley on the far side of the Moon is named in his honor."
tagline: "German-American science and science-fiction writer (1906–1969)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Heinz_Haber_Wernher_von_Braun_Willy_Ley_(1954).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1906-10-02"
deathDate: "1969-06-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.3
  momentum:             2.016865776528461
  historical:           15.59489333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0507998/"
    handle:    "nm0507998"
sources:
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    title: "Willy Ley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ويلى لى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ویلی لی"
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    title: "Willy Ley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Willy Ley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Ley"
    title: "Willy Ley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Ley"
    title: "Willy Ley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ویلی لی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Willy Ley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Ley"
    title: "Willy Ley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ウィリー・レイ (作家)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Willy Ley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Ley"
    title: "Willy Ley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Ley"
    title: "Willy Ley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Ley"
    title: "Willy Ley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Ley"
    title: "Willy Ley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Лей, Вилли"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63773"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1223400"
    title: "Willy Ley"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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