# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tan-cheng-lock
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:10:04.104Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tan-cheng-lock"
name: "Tan Cheng Lock"
slug: "tan-cheng-lock"
description: "Tun Dato' Sir Cheng Lock Tan was a Malaysian Peranakan businessman and a key public figure who devoted his life to fighting for the rights and the social welfare of the Chinese community in Malaya. Tan was also the founder and the first president of the Malayan Chinese Association (MCA), which advocated his cause for the Malayan Chinese population."
tagline: "Malaysian politician (1883-1960)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tan_Cheng_Lock.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1883-04-05"
deathDate: "1960-12-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.83
  momentum:             3.079035910708508
  historical:           9.895976000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%99%88%E7%A5%AF%E7%A6%84"
    title: "陈祯禄"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tan_Cheng_Lock"
    title: "Tan Cheng Lock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://dtp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tan_Cheng_Lock"
    title: "Tan Cheng Lock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tan_Cheng_Lock"
    title: "Tan Cheng Lock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tan_Cheng_Lock"
    title: "Tan Cheng Lock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tan_Cheng_Lock"
    title: "Tan Cheng Lock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%83%84%EC%B3%89%EB%A1%9D"
    title: "탄쳉록"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tan_Cheng_Lock"
    title: "Tan Cheng Lock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tan_Cheng_Lock"
    title: "Tan Cheng Lock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tan_Cheng_Lock"
    title: "Tan Cheng Lock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%A7%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B3_%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%BA"
    title: "Тан Ченг Лок"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q713909"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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