# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/koo-hsien-jung
# Generated: 2026-08-15T07:21:59.901Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/koo-hsien-jung"
name: "Koo Hsien-jung"
slug: "koo-hsien-jung"
description: "Koo Hsien-jung (Chinese: 辜顯榮; pinyin: Gū Xiǎnróng; Wade–Giles: Ku1 Hsien3-jung2; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ko͘ Hián-êng; Japanese: 辜 顕栄; Romaji: Ko Ken’ei; 18 March 1866 – 9 December 1937) was a Taiwanese businessman and politician who enjoyed strong links to the colonial administration of Taiwan under Japanese rule. He founded the Koos Group of companies, the largest business group in Taiwan."
tagline: "Japanese politician (1866-1937)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Koo_Hsien-jung.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1866-03-18"
deathDate: "1937-12-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.02
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.9674
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koo_Hsien-jung"
    title: "Koo Hsien-jung"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%BE%9C%E9%A1%95%E6%A0%84"
    title: "辜顕栄"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koo_Hsien-jung"
    title: "Koo Hsien-jung"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_min_nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko%CD%98_Hi%C3%A1n-%C3%AAng"
    title: "Ko͘ Hián-êng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%BE%9C%E9%A1%AF%E6%A6%AE"
    title: "辜顯榮"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q698083"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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