# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-the-baptist-in-islam
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:52:53.399Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-the-baptist-in-islam"
name: "John the Baptist in Islam"
slug: "john-the-baptist-in-islam"
description: "Yaḥyā ibn Zakariyyā, identified Biblically as John the Baptist, is considered in Islam a prophet of God who was sent to guide the Children of Israel. He was the maternal cousin of Isa (Jesus) and believed by Muslims to have been a witness to the word of God, heralding the coming of Isa al-Masih."
tagline: "Son of Zechariah"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chester_Beatty_T_414_fol_99r_baby_Yahya_being_held_by_two_angels.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           54.56
  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.80670266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "يحيى بن زكريا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "يحيى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C9%99hya"
    title: "Yəhya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ইয়াহিয়া"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jahja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Яхья"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "یەحیا بن زەکەریا"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Nabi Yahya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahya_(profeet)"
    title: "Yahya (profeet)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "یحیی بن زکریا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Яхья"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Yahya"
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    title: "ยะฮ์ยา"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Яхъя пәйгамбәр"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ях'я"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "یحیی بن زکریا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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