# Lili Elbe

> A Danish painter who, in 1930, became one of the first people to undergo gender-affirming surgery—and later the first known recipient of a uterus transplant, which cost her her life.

*Danish painter and transgender woman (1882–1931)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/lili-elbe

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Artist
- **Category:** Artists
- **Born:** 1882-12-28
- **Died:** 1931-09-13
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** trans woman

## Bio

Born Lili Ilse Elvenes in December 1882, she worked as a painter before transitioning in 1930, when she changed her legal name and stopped painting. She went on to receive a uterus transplant in an attempt to become pregnant—a frontier procedure that led to fatal complications. She died in September 1931 at forty-eight. Her semi-autobiographical narrative, Man into Woman: An Authentic Record of a Change of Sex, was published posthumously in 1933. Decades later, a film inspired by her life, The Danish Girl, appeared in 2015, followed by an opera in 2023.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 58.9 / 100
- **Momentum:** 2.4 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 24.1 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 65.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/ch0113762/ (@ch0113762)

## Topics
#Artists, #Artist, #Painting, #20th Century

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1140735)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lili_Elbe)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Lili%20Elbe)
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- [Լիլի Էլբե](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BC%D5%AB%D5%AC%D5%AB_%D4%B7%D5%AC%D5%A2%D5%A5)
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- [Wikiquote](https://et.wikiquote.org/wiki/Lili_Elbe)
- [ليلي إلبه](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A_%D8%A5%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%87)
- [Lili Elbe](https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lili_Elbe)

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