# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sian-proctor
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:29:24.723Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sian-proctor"
name: "Sian Proctor"
slug: "sian-proctor"
description: "Sian Hayley \"Leo\" Proctor is an American commercial astronaut, geology professor, artist, author, and science communicator. She became the first female commercial spaceship pilot and the first artist selected to go to be an astronaut on the all-civilian Inspiration4 orbital spaceflight, 15 September 2021. As pilot of the Inspiration4's SpaceX Crew Dragon space capsule, Proctor became the first African-American woman to pilot a spacecraft. She was also the education outreach officer for the first Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS) Mission. In 2024, Proctor was selected to be a U.S. Science Envoy for the United States Department of State."
tagline: "African American explorer, scientist, STEM communicator"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dr._Sian_Proctor_at_Launch_Complex_39A.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1970-03-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.6
  momentum:             15
  historical:           12.52379866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/DrSianProctor"
    handle:    "DrSianProctor"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/drsianproctor/"
    handle:    "drsianproctor"
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/sianproctor/"
    handle:    "sianproctor"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7436955/"
    handle:    "nm7436955"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.drsianproctor.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sian_Proctor"
    title: "Sian Proctor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sian_Proctor"
    title: "Sian Proctor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%2C_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Проктор, Сиан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%83%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "سيان بروكتور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sian_Proctorov%C3%A1"
    title: "Sian Proctorová"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sian_Proctor"
    title: "Sian Proctor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sian_Proctor"
    title: "Sian Proctor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sian_Proctor"
    title: "Sian Proctor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sian_Proctor"
    title: "Sian Proctor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sian_Proctor"
    title: "Sian Proctor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sian_Proctor"
    title: "Sian Proctor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sian_Proctor"
    title: "Sian Proctor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0%C4%81na_Proktore"
    title: "Šāna Proktore"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30323480"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3186463"
    title: "Sian Proctor"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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