Lili Elbe

Lili Elbe (28 December 1882 in Vejle, Denmark – 13 September 1931 in Dresden, Germany) was a possibly intersexed person and one of the first identifiable recipients of male to female sex reassignment surgery. Elbe was born in Denmark. Born as Einar Mogens Wegener, she presented as male for most of her life and was a successful artist with that name. After transitioning, however, she took the name Lili (some sources state Lily) Elbe.

Elbe's year of birth is sometimes stated as 1886. This appears to be from the book about her, which has some facts changed to protect the identities of the persons involved. Factual references to Gerda Gottlieb's life indicate that the 1882 date is correct as they clearly married while at college in 1904.