# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vicente-sotto
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:54:13.359Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vicente-sotto"
name: "Vicente Sotto"
slug: "vicente-sotto"
description: "Vicente Yap Sotto, Sr. was a Filipino playwright, journalist, and politician who served as a senator from 1946 to 1950. He also served in the House of Representatives from 1922 to 1925, representing Cebu's 2nd district. He was the main author of the Press Freedom Law."
tagline: "Filipino politician (1877–1950)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vicente_Yap_Sotto_1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1877-04-18"
deathDate: "1950-05-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.71
  momentum:             10
  historical:           6.86118
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.senatorvicenteyapsotto.blogspot.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicente_Sotto"
    title: "Vicente Sotto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AA_%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "ڤيسينت سوتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicente_Sotto"
    title: "Vicente Sotto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicente_Sotto"
    title: "Vicente Sotto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicente_Sotto"
    title: "Vicente Sotto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicente_Sotto"
    title: "Vicente Sotto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicente_Sotto"
    title: "Vicente Sotto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicente_Sotto"
    title: "Vicente Sotto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2727956"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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