# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yao-defen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:57:46.717Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yao-defen"
name: "Yao Defen"
slug: "yao-defen"
description: "Yao Defen was a Chinese woman who was the tallest living woman, as recognized by Guinness World Records. She stood at 7 ft 8 in tall and weighed 346 lb (157kg). Her gigantism was due to a tumor in her pituitary gland."
tagline: "(1972-2012) former tallest living woman"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "China"
  isoCode: "CN"
birthDate: "1972-07-15"
deathDate: "2012-11-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.88
  momentum:             0.4344391785150079
  historical:           10.76177866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  235
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A7%9A%E5%BE%B7%E8%8A%AC"
    title: "姚德芬"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%88_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ياو ديفين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Defen"
    title: "Yao Defen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Defen"
    title: "Yao Defen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Defen"
    title: "Yao Defen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Defen"
    title: "Yao Defen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%90%D7%95_%D7%93%D7%A4%D7%9F"
    title: "יאו דפן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Defen"
    title: "Yao Defen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%BC%EC%98%A4%EB%8D%94%ED%8E%80"
    title: "야오더펀"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Defen"
    title: "Yao Defen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Defen"
    title: "Yao Defen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A7%9A%E5%BE%B7%E8%8A%AC"
    title: "姚德芬"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q437861"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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