# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dorothy-hughes
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:38:42.354Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dorothy-hughes"
name: "Dorothy Hughes"
slug: "dorothy-hughes"
description: "Eugenie Dorothy Hughes, was a Kenyan architect, politician, social reformer and disability activist. She founded the Kenyan Council of Social Services and served as the head of the Sports Association for the Disabled. As the first East African female architect, she owned her own firm and is best known for her design of the Cathedral of the Holy Family in Nairobi."
tagline: "London-born Kenyan architect (1910-1987)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/87/Eugenie_Dorothy_Hughes_%28aka_Dorothy_Hughes%29.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Architects"
  slug: "architects"
profileType:
  name: "Architect"
  slug: "architect"
birthDate: "1910-06-26"
deathDate: "1987-08-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.85
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.068898666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Dorothy Hughes (ayàwòrán ilé)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AB%D9%89_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "دوروثى هوجيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Hughes_(arkitekto)"
    title: "Dorothy Hughes (arkitekto)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Hughes_(architect)"
    title: "Dorothy Hughes (architect)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Hughes"
    title: "Dorothy Hughes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Hughes"
    title: "Dorothy Hughes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Hughes_(mai_ginin_gine-gine)"
    title: "Dorothy Hughes (mai ginin gine-gine)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Hughes_(onye_na-at%E1%BB%A5p%E1%BB%A5ta_%E1%BB%A5kp%E1%BB%A5r%E1%BB%A5_%E1%BB%A5l%E1%BB%8D)"
    title: "Dorothy Hughes (onye na-atụpụta ụkpụrụ ụlọ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Hughes_(msanifu_majengo)"
    title: "Dorothy Hughes (msanifu majengo)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21176339"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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