# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kin-yamei
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:29:34.054Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kin-yamei"
name: "Kin Yamei"
slug: "kin-yamei"
description: "Kin Yamei also seen as Chin Ya-mei or Jin Yunmei, or anglicized as Y. May King, was a Chinese-born, American-raised doctor, hospital administrator, educator, and nutrition expert. She is credited with introducing tofu to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) during World War I."
tagline: "Doctor, hospital administrator and educator"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dr._Yamei_Kin.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "China"
  isoCode: "CN"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1864"
deathDate: "1934-03-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.59
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.613248
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%87%91%E9%9F%B5%E6%A2%85"
    title: "金韵梅"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A"
    title: "كين يامي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86_%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8E%DB%8C"
    title: "کین یامێی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamei_Kin"
    title: "Yamei Kin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kin_Yamei"
    title: "Kin Yamei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kin_Yamei"
    title: "Kin Yamei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kin_Yamei"
    title: "Kin Yamei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kin_Yamei"
    title: "Kin Yamei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BF%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D5%85%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A5%D5%AB"
    title: "Կին Յամեի"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kin_Yamei"
    title: "Kin Yamei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jin_Yamei"
    title: "Jin Yamei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10564067"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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