# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-maillu
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:05:15.326Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-maillu"
name: "David Maillu"
slug: "david-maillu"
description: "David Gian Maillu is a Kenyan author and publisher. He is considered East Africa's most prolific writer, having published over 60 books between 1972 and 2021."
tagline: "Kenyan writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_Gian_Maillu.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1939-10-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.1
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.472750666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gian_Maillu"
    title: "David Gian Maillu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gian_Maillu"
    title: "David Gian Maillu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_G._Maillu"
    title: "David G. Maillu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Maillu"
    title: "David Maillu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Maulli"
    title: "David Maulli"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Maulli"
    title: "David Maulli"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5972584"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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