# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mae-young
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:05:36.197Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mae-young"
name: "Mae Young"
slug: "mae-young"
description: "Johnnie Mae Young was an American professional wrestler, trainer and promoter. She wrestled throughout the United States and Canada and won multiple titles in the National Wrestling Alliance. Young is considered one of the pioneers in women's wrestling as she helped to increase the popularity of the sport throughout the 1940s and during World War II. In 1954, she and Mildred Burke were among the first female competitors to tour post-war Japan."
tagline: "American professional wrestler (1923–2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MaeYoung20010402.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1923-03-12"
deathDate: "2014-01-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.03
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.75448666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0949848/"
    handle:    "nm0949848"
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%AF%D0%BD%D0%B3_(%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0)"
    title: "Мей Янг (реслерка)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A_%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%BA"
    title: "ماي يونغ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%89_%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "ماى يونج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mae_Young"
    title: "Mae Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%AD%CE%B9_%CE%93%CE%B9%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B3%CE%BA"
    title: "Μέι Γιανγκ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mae_Young"
    title: "Mae Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mae_Young"
    title: "Mae Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mae_Young"
    title: "Mae Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mae_Young"
    title: "Mae Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0"
    title: "メイ・ヤング"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A9%94%EC%9D%B4_%EC%98%81"
    title: "메이 영"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mae_Young"
    title: "Mae Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mae_Young"
    title: "Mae Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mae_Young"
    title: "Mae Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BD%D0%B3%2C_%D0%9C%D1%8D%D0%B9"
    title: "Янг, Мэй"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mae_Young"
    title: "Mae Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%A2%E0%B9%8C_%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%87"
    title: "เมย์ ยัง"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mae_Young"
    title: "Mae Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q269429"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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