# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chuck-yeager
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:48:59.024Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chuck-yeager"
name: "Chuck Yeager"
slug: "chuck-yeager"
description: "Brigadier General Charles Elwood Yeager was a United States Air Force officer, flying ace, and record-setting test pilot who in October 1947 became the first pilot in history confirmed to have exceeded the speed of sound in level flight."
tagline: "American World War II flying ace and test pilot; first pilot to fly faster than sound (1923–2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles_Yeager_photo_portrait_head_on_shoulders_left_side.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1923-02-13"
deathDate: "2020-12-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump