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Fei-Fei Li was born on July 3, 1976 in Beijing, People's Republic of China. Public records list Fei-Fei Li as a computer scientist and university teacher. That works out to 50 years old in 2026. Education on record includes Parsippany High School and Princeton University. Listed accolades include J. K. Aggarwal Prize (2016), ACM Fellow (2021), BBC 100 Women (2019) and 1 more.
My Take
Fei-Fei Li is, to me, one of those quietly seismic figures whose real influence gets buried under flashier names. ImageNet wasn't a clever algorithm so much as an act of stubborn, unglamorous labor, and that's exactly why I admire it. She bet that data, not just cleverness, would unlock vision, and she was right years before the rest of the field caught up. What draws me most is her insistence on human-centered AI; the science comes paired with a conscience. As a Beijing-born scientist who reshaped American research, she also embodies how borderless great ideas can be.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Fei-Fei Li
- Name (Japanese)
- フェイフェイ・リー
- Reading
- ふぇいふぇい・りー
- Born
- July 3, 1976 (age 50)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Dragon
- Origin
- Beijing, People's Republic of China
- Occupation
- computer scientist / university teacher / scientist
2. Background
- High school
- Parsippany High School
- University
- Princeton University
Awards & achievements
- 2016 J. K. Aggarwal Prize
- 2021 ACM Fellow
- 2019 BBC 100 Women
- Thousand Talents Program
3. Links
- Official sitehttp://vision.stanford.edu/feifeili
- Xhttps://x.com/drfeifei
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fei-Fei%20Li
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%83%95%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18686107
4. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-17
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Fei-Fei Li born?
Born July 3, 1976 (age 50).
Where is Fei-Fei Li from?
Fei-Fei Li is from Beijing, People's Republic of China.
What does Fei-Fei Li do?
Fei-Fei Li works as computer scientist, university teacher, scientist.
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