# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yi-so-yeon
# Generated: 2026-09-02T05:23:41.590Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yi-so-yeon"
name: "Yi So-Yeon"
slug: "yi-so-yeon"
description: "Yi So-yeon is a South Korean astronaut and biotechnologist who became the first South Korean to fly in space."
tagline: "South Korean astronaut"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yi_So-yeon_(NASA_-_JSC2008-E-004174).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Korea"
  isoCode: "KR"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1978-06-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.34
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.45929733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/astro_yisoyeon/"
    handle:    "astro_yisoyeon"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/soyeon.yi"
    handle:    "soyeon.yi"
sources:
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%AA_Sojona"
    title: "Ī Sojona"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A_%D8%B3%D9%88_%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "لي سو ين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%B3%D9%88_%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "لى سو ين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98_%D0%A1%D0%BE_%D0%99%D1%8A%D0%BD"
    title: "И Со Йън"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%87_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%A8"
    title: "আই সোইয়োন"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yi_So-yeon"
    title: "Yi So-yeon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_So-jon"
    title: "I So-jon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yi_So-yeon"
    title: "Yi So-yeon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%B9_%CE%A3%CE%BF-%CE%B3%CE%B9%CF%8C%CE%BD"
    title: "Γι Σο-γιόν"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yi_So-yeon"
    title: "Yi So-yeon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yi_So-yeon"
    title: "Yi So-yeon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%DB%8C_%D8%B3%D9%88_%DB%8C%D8%A6%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "یی سو یئون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yi_So-yeon"
    title: "Yi So-yeon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yi_So-yeon"
    title: "Yi So-yeon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yi_So-yeon"
    title: "Yi So-yeon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%99_%D7%A1%D7%95-%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "אי סו-יון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8B-_%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%93%E0%A4%82"
    title: "यी सो- येओं"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Szojon_(%C5%B1rhaj%C3%B3s)"
    title: "I Szojon (űrhajós)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BC%D5%AB_%D5%8D%D5%B8_%D5%85%D5%B8%D5%B6"
    title: "Լի Սո Յոն"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yi_So-yeon"
    title: "Yi So-yeon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yi_So-yeon"
    title: "Yi So-yeon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%8E%E7%B4%A0%E5%A6%8D_(%E5%AE%87%E5%AE%99%E9%A3%9B%E8%A1%8C%E9%96%A2%E4%BF%82%E8%80%85)"
    title: "李素妍 (宇宙飛行関係者)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yi_So-yeon"
    title: "Yi So-yeon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%98_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9D_%E1%83%98%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98"
    title: "ი სო იონი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B4%EC%86%8C%EC%97%B0_(%EA%B3%B5%ED%95%99%EC%9E%90)"
    title: "이소연 (공학자)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q210382"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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