# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/myrtle-cagle
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:47:15.110Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/myrtle-cagle"
name: "Myrtle Cagle"
slug: "myrtle-cagle"
description: "Myrtle \"Kay\" Thompson Cagle was an American pilot and one of the Mercury 13 female astronauts group. She worked as a flight instructor and wrote about aviation in North Carolina."
tagline: "American pilot and astronaut (1925–2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Myrtle_Cagle_2006.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1925-06-03"
deathDate: "2019-12-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.074802666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Myrtle Cagle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ميرتل كاغل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ميرتل كاجل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrtle_Cagle"
    title: "Myrtle Cagle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrtle_Cagle"
    title: "Myrtle Cagle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%84_%DA%A9%DA%AF%D9%84"
    title: "میرتل کگل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrtle_Cagle"
    title: "Myrtle Cagle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%98%D7%9C_%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%99%D7%92%D7%9C"
    title: "מירטל קייגל"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrtle_Cagle"
    title: "Myrtle Cagle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51754384"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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