# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bessie-coleman
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:50:37.209Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bessie-coleman"
name: "Bessie Coleman"
slug: "bessie-coleman"
description: "Elizabeth Coleman was an early American civil aviator. She was the first African-American woman and first Native American to hold a pilot license, and is the earliest known Black person to earn an international pilot's license. She earned her license from the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale on June 15, 1921."
tagline: "American aviator (1892–1926)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bessie_Coleman_in_1923.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1892-01-26"
deathDate: "1926-04-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             10.66688144329897
  historical:           22.131828
  currentAttention:     35.16
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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sources:
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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