# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ri-sung-gi
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:05:22.326Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ri-sung-gi"
name: "Ri Sung Gi"
slug: "ri-sung-gi"
description: "Ri Sung-gi, also often spelled Lee Sung-ki, Lee Seung-gi or Yi Sung-gi, was a North Korean chemist. He is best remembered as one of the inventors of Vinalon. He has also been accused of involvement in North Korea's chemical and nuclear weapons programs."
tagline: "North Korean chemist (1905–1996)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%EB%A6%AC%EC%8A%B9%EA%B8%B0_%EB%B0%95%EC%82%AC.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1905-10-01"
deathDate: "1996-02-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.12
  momentum:             10
  historical:           11.03028133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%8E%E5%8D%87%E5%9F%BA"
    title: "李升基"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC_%D8%AC%D9%89"
    title: "رى سونج جى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ri_Sung-gi"
    title: "Ri Sung-gi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ri_Sung-gi"
    title: "Ri Sung-gi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ri_Sung_Gi"
    title: "Ri Sung Gi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ri_Sung-gi"
    title: "Ri Sung-gi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ri_Sung-gi"
    title: "Ri Sung-gi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BC%D5%AB_%D5%8D%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D4%B3%D5%AB"
    title: "Լի Սին Գի"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%8E%E5%8D%87%E5%9F%BA"
    title: "李升基"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9C%E1%83%92-%E1%83%92%E1%83%98"
    title: "რი სუნგ-გი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A6%AC%EC%8A%B9%EA%B8%B0"
    title: "리승기"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8_%D0%A1%D1%8B%D0%BD_%D0%93%D0%B8"
    title: "Ли Сын Ги"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ri_Sung_Gi"
    title: "Ri Sung Gi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q495505"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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