# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/betty-kaunda
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:17:59.536Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/betty-kaunda"
name: "Betty Kaunda"
slug: "betty-kaunda"
description: "Beatrice \"Betty\" Kaunda was a Zambian educator and inaugural first lady of Zambia from 1964 to 1991 as the wife of the country's first president, Kenneth Kaunda. She was known as Mama Betty Kaunda and the mother of Zambia by Zambians."
tagline: "Former First Lady of Zambia (1928-2012)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Betty_Kaunda_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1928-11-17"
deathDate: "2012-09-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.29
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.553133333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Betty_Kaunda"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%8A_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7"
    title: "بيتي كاوندا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%89_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7"
    title: "بيتى كاوندا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Kaunda"
    title: "Betty Kaunda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Kaunda"
    title: "Betty Kaunda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Kaunda"
    title: "Betty Kaunda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ny.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Kaunda"
    title: "Betty Kaunda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0%2C_%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B8"
    title: "Каунда, Бетти"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Kaunda"
    title: "Betty Kaunda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Kaunda"
    title: "Betty Kaunda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q542210"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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