# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cathay-williams
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:07:52.296Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cathay-williams"
name: "Cathay Williams"
slug: "cathay-williams"
description: "Cathay Williams was an American soldier. An African-American woman, she enlisted in the United States Army under the pseudonym William Cathay. Williams became the first female to enlist and the only documented woman to serve in the U.S. Army while posing as a man during the Indian Wars."
tagline: "American slave, chef, Buffalo soldier and Female wartime crossdresser"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cathay_Williams.gif?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Chefs"
  slug: "chefs"
profileType:
  name: "Chef"
  slug: "chef"
birthDate: "1844"
deathDate: "1893"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.63
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.56127466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 129
sources:
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    title: "Уильямс, Катай"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Cathay Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathay_Williams"
    title: "Cathay Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathay_Williams"
    title: "Cathay Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathay_Williams"
    title: "Cathay Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathay_Williams"
    title: "Cathay Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "کاتای ویلیامز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathay_Williams"
    title: "Cathay Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%AA%D7%90%D7%99_%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%A1"
    title: "קתאי ויליאמס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%82%BB%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E3%82%B9"
    title: "キャセイ・ウィリアムス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A5%E1%83%90%E1%83%97%E1%83%90%E1%83%98_%E1%83%A3%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98"
    title: "ქათაი უილიამსი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathay_Williams"
    title: "Cathay Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5052154"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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