# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ong-yoke-lin
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:25:59.410Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ong-yoke-lin"
name: "Ong Yoke Lin"
slug: "ong-yoke-lin"
description: "Omar Ong Yoke Lin was a Malaysian Chinese Muslim politician, diplomat and businessman. He was a founding member of the Malaysian Chinese Association, and was a key figure in the country's road to independence. Ong served various positions in the government of Malaya and Malaysia, as a Cabinet minister and ambassador."
tagline: "Malaysian politician (1917-2010)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Omar_Ong_Yoke_Lin.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1917-07-23"
deathDate: "2010-07-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.42
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.218612
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%BD%D0%B3_%D0%99%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B5_%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Онг Йоке Лин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%BF%81%E6%AF%93%E9%BA%9F"
    title: "翁毓麟"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Yoke_Lin_Ong"
    title: "Omar Yoke Lin Ong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ong_Yoke_Lin"
    title: "Ong Yoke Lin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%93%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97_%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%95_%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8"
    title: "उमर ओंग योक लिन"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Ong_Yoke_Lin"
    title: "Omar Ong Yoke Lin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Ong_Yoke_Lin"
    title: "Omar Ong Yoke Lin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Yoke_Lin_Ong"
    title: "Omar Yoke Lin Ong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1854882"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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