# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chang-yongsil
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:50:29.345Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chang-yongsil"
name: "Chang Yŏngsil"
slug: "chang-yongsil"
description: "Chang Yŏngsil was a Korean mechanical engineer, scientist, and inventor during the Joseon dynasty. He was born to a mother who was a government-registered courtesan and a father of Yuan dynasty descent. Although Chang was born a nobi, King Sejong gave him a court-technician position in the royal court."
tagline: "Korean mechanical engineer, scientist and inventor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jang_Youngsil_3.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1400"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.49
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.93748933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "蔣英實"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jang_Yeong-sil"
    title: "Jang Yeong-sil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://csb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jang_Yeong-sil"
    title: "Jang Yeong-sil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jang_Yeong-sil"
    title: "Jang Yeong-sil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Τζανγκ Γεόνγκ-σιλ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang_Y%C5%8Fngsil"
    title: "Chang Yŏngsil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jang_Yeong-sil"
    title: "Jang Yeong-sil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF_%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86%DA%AF_%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%84"
    title: "جانگ یونگ شیل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jang_Yeong-sil"
    title: "Jang Yeong-sil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jang_Yeong-sil"
    title: "Jang Yeong-sil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%94%A3%E8%8B%B1%E5%AE%9F"
    title: "蔣英実"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kcg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cang_Yong-sil"
    title: "Cang Yong-sil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9E%A5%EC%98%81%EC%8B%A4"
    title: "장영실"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jang_Yeong-sil"
    title: "Jang Yeong-sil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%81%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Чан Ён Силь"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%87_%E0%B8%A2%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87-%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A5"
    title: "ชัง ย็อง-ชิล"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%99%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Чан Йон Сіль"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C6%B0%E1%BB%9Fng_Anh_Th%E1%BB%B1c"
    title: "Tưởng Anh Thực"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_min_nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi%C3%BA%E2%81%BF_Eng-si%CC%8Dt"
    title: "Chiúⁿ Eng-si̍t"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump