# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ay
# Generated: 2026-08-31T15:50:58.025Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ay"
name: "Ay"
slug: "ay"
description: "Pharaoh for four years in the late 14th century BC, then nearly erased. His successor launched a campaign to delete him and the other rulers of the Amarna Period from memory — which is why so little survives with his name on it."
tagline: "Egyptian pharaoh of the late 18th Dynasty (14th century BCE)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Royal_couple-MAHG_12440-IMG_9577-detail.JPG"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Egypt"
  isoCode: "EG"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "-1400"
deathDate: "-1400"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           56.03
  momentum:             0.06
  historical:           23.46827866666667
  currentAttention:     30.71428571428572
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  247
  category: null
tags:
  - name: "Politicians"
    slug: "politicians"
  - name: "Politician"
    slug: "politician"
  - name: "Politics"
    slug: "politics"
  - name: "Ancient History"
    slug: "ancient-history"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q146029"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ay"
    title: "Wikipedia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Ay"
    title: "Pantheon 2.0"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AE%D9%BE%D8%B1_%D8%AE%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%B1%D8%B9_%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "خپر خپرو رع اى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/II_Eye"
    title: "II Eye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B9_(%D1%84%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BE%D0%BD)"
    title: "Ай (фараон)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ay"
    title: "Ay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aj_II."
    title: "Aj II."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%B9%D0%B5"
    title: "Эйе"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kheperkheprure_Ay"
    title: "Kheperkheprure Ay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eje_II."
    title: "Eje II."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%86%CF%85"
    title: "Άυ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ay_(pharaoh)"
    title: "Ay (pharaoh)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ay"
    title: "Ay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ay"
    title: "Ay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%DB%8C%DB%8C"
    title: "آیی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ay"
    title: "Ay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C3%BF"
    title: "Aÿ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%99%D7%99_(%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%A2%D7%94)"
    title: "איי (פרעה)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aj"
    title: "Aj"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ay"
    title: "Ay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B7%D5%B5%D5%A5_(%D4%B5%D5%A3%D5%AB%D5%BA%D5%BF%D5%B8%D5%BD%D5%AB_%D6%83%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%BE%D5%B8%D5%B6)"
    title: "Էյե (Եգիպտոսի փարավոն)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ay"
    title: "Ay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ay_(faraone)"
    title: "Ay (faraone)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%82%A4_(%E7%AC%AC18%E7%8E%8B%E6%9C%9D%E3%81%AE%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%A9%E3%82%AA)"
    title: "アイ (第18王朝のファラオ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%94%E1%83%98%E1%83%94"
    title: "ეიე"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai"
    title: "Ai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%8A_(%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%B9%D9%88%D9%86)"
    title: "آي (فرعون)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Ay served as close advisor to two, possibly three pharaohs of Egypt's 18th Dynasty before taking the throne himself in the late 14th century BC. Some believe he was the real power during Tutankhamun's reign, though the only evidence is the boy king's age. When he finally ruled in his own right, it lasted four years. After his death, Horemheb became pharaoh and set about dismantling his legacy: a damnatio memoriae that targeted Ay and the other figures tied to the unpopular Amarna Period, leaving few clear records or monuments behind. His throne names — Kheperkheperure, "Everlasting are the Manifestations of Ra," and Ay it-netjer, "Ay, Father of the God" — outlasted most of the stone.