# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karen-ulane
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:28:35.233Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karen-ulane"
name: "Karen Ulane"
slug: "karen-ulane"
description: "Karen Frances Ulane was an American airline pilot who was dismissed by Eastern Airlines after undergoing sex reassignment surgery in 1980. The case Ulane v. Eastern Airlines became the federal legal precedent for transsexual legal status under the Civil Rights Act of 1964."
tagline: "American aviator"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6d/Karen_Ulane.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1941-12-10"
deathDate: "1989-05-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.15
  momentum:             2.053571428571428
  historical:           6.80486
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%BB%D1%8D%D0%B9%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Улэйн, Карен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "كارين أولان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "كارين اولان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Ulane"
    title: "Karen Ulane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Ulane"
    title: "Karen Ulane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Ulane"
    title: "Karen Ulane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Ulane"
    title: "Karen Ulane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Ulane"
    title: "Karen Ulane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6370099"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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