# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/abdul-samad-ismail
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:24:01.506Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/abdul-samad-ismail"
name: "Abdul Samad Ismail"
slug: "abdul-samad-ismail"
description: "Tan Sri Abdul Samad bin Ismail (Jawi: عبدالصمد اسماعيل, who often went by the moniker Pak Samad, was a Malaysian journalist, writer and editor. He was also one of the founding members of the People's Action Party in Singapore."
tagline: "Journalist, writer and editor (1924-2008)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1924-04-18"
deathDate: "2008-09-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.25
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.944673333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B2%99%E6%9C%AB%C2%B7%E4%BC%8A%E6%96%AF%E8%BF%88"
    title: "沙末·伊斯迈"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%A5%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "عبد الصمد إسماعيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "عبد الصمد اسماعيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Samad_Ismail"
    title: "Abdul Samad Ismail"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Samad_Ismail"
    title: "Abdul Samad Ismail"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Samad_Ismail"
    title: "Abdul Samad Ismail"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Samad_Ismail"
    title: "Abdul Samad Ismail"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4665712"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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