# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hong-yen-chang
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:34:41.749Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hong-yen-chang"
name: "Hong Yen Chang"
slug: "hong-yen-chang"
description: "Hong Yen Chang was reportedly the first Chinese immigrant licensed to practice law in the United States. Though admitted to the New York State Bar, he was denied admission to the California State Bar in 1890. He remained a prominent member of the Chinese community and went on to lead a distinguished career in banking and diplomacy."
tagline: "American lawyer (ca. 1885–1926)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hong_Yen_Chang1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Lawyers"
  slug: "lawyers"
profileType:
  name: "Lawyer"
  slug: "lawyer"
birthDate: "1859-12-20"
deathDate: "1926-08-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.88
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.609072
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC_%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%BA"
    title: "هونج ين تشانغ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC_%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "هونج ين تشانج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Yen_Chang"
    title: "Hong Yen Chang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B9%E0%AF%8A%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%AF%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "ஹொங் யென் சாங்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BC%A0%E5%BA%B7%E4%BB%81"
    title: "张康仁"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16745691"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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