# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/luang-wichitwathakan
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:41:46.076Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/luang-wichitwathakan"
name: "Luang Wichitwathakan"
slug: "luang-wichitwathakan"
description: "Major-General Luang Wichitwathakan was a Thai politician, diplomat, historian, novelist, and playwright. He is credited with changing the name of the country from Siam to Thailand."
tagline: "Thai nobleman (1898–1962)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%E0%B8%AF%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%93%E0%B8%AF_%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B5_%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1898-08-11"
deathDate: "1962-03-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.6
  momentum:             5.725327905056364
  historical:           9.425812
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "銮威集瓦他干"
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    title: "لوانج ويكيتواثاكان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wichit Wichitwathakan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luang_Wichitwathakan"
    title: "Luang Wichitwathakan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luang_Wichitwathakan"
    title: "Luang Wichitwathakan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%92_%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A6'%D7%99%D7%98%D7%95%D7%95%D7%90%D7%AA%D7%90%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%9F"
    title: "לואנג וויצ'יטוואתאקאן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ルワン・ウィチットワータカーン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ហ្លួង វិចិត្រវាថការ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vichitr_Vadakarn"
    title: "Vichitr Vadakarn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B8%D1%82"
    title: "Вичитватакан, Вичит"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3_(%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%A3_%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3)"
    title: "หลวงวิจิตรวาทการ (วิจิตร วิจิตรวาทการ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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