# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leopoldine-doualla-bell-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-15T07:21:34.623Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leopoldine-doualla-bell-smith"
name: "Léopoldine Doualla-Bell Smith"
slug: "leopoldine-doualla-bell-smith"
description: "Léopoldine Doualla-Bell Smith is the world's first black flight attendant. She was born in Cameroon, and was a princess of the royal Douala family of Cameroon. She took her first flight as a flight attendant in 1957. In 1960 she was invited to move to Air Afrique; she was then the only qualified African person in French aviation, and thus became the first employee hired by Air Afrique. She shortly became Air Afrique's first cabin chief. She flew for twelve years. She was honored at the 40th anniversary celebration of the Black Flight Attendants of America at Los Angeles International Airport's Flight Path Museum.\nShe was honored during the international women day celebration in Denver Colorado on March 10, 2019"
tagline: "Flight attendant"
gender: "female"
birthDate: "1939"
deathDate: "2023-05-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.38
  momentum:             10
  historical:           5.071166666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9opoldine_Doualla-Bell_Smith"
    title: "Léopoldine Doualla-Bell Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB"
    title: "ليوبولدين دوالا بيل سميث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9opoldine_Doualla-Bell_Smith"
    title: "Léopoldine Doualla-Bell Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9opoldine_Doualla-Bell_Smith"
    title: "Léopoldine Doualla-Bell Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9opoldine_Douala_Bell_Smith"
    title: "Léopoldine Douala Bell Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9opoldine_Doualla-Bell_Smith"
    title: "Léopoldine Doualla-Bell Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21039573"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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