# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/peseshet
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:47:52.773Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/peseshet"
name: "Peseshet"
slug: "peseshet"
description: "Peseshet, who lived under the Fourth Dynasty of ancient Egypt, is often credited with being the earliest known female physician in history. Some have credited Merit-Ptah with being the first female physician, but she is likely a fictional creation based upon Peseshet. Peseshet’s relevant title was \"lady overseer of the female physicians,\" but whether she was a physician herself is uncertain. She also had the titles king's acquaintance, and overseer of funerary-priests of the king's mother."
tagline: "Ancient Egyptian physician"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Doctors"
  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
  name: "Doctor"
  slug: "doctor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "-2500"
deathDate: "-2500"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.42
  momentum:             0.8685446009389672
  historical:           17.96666933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%88%D0%B5%D1%82"
    title: "Песешет"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "بسشيت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "بسشيت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peseshet"
    title: "Peseshet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peseshet"
    title: "Peseshet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peseschet"
    title: "Peseschet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peseshet"
    title: "Peseshet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pese%C5%9Det"
    title: "Peseŝet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peseshet"
    title: "Peseshet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peseshet"
    title: "Peseshet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%B3%D8%B4%D8%AA"
    title: "پسشت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peseshet"
    title: "Peseshet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peseshet"
    title: "Peseshet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peszeset"
    title: "Peszeset"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peseshet"
    title: "Peseshet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peseshet"
    title: "Peseshet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B7%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D"
    title: "പിസ്ഷെത്"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peseshet"
    title: "Peseshet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peseshet"
    title: "Peseshet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%88%D0%B5%D1%82"
    title: "Песешет"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%88%D0%B5%D1%82"
    title: "Песешет"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peseshet"
    title: "Peseshet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q841413"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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