# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wong-ah-fook
# Generated: 2026-08-15T15:34:45.784Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wong-ah-fook"
name: "Wong Ah Fook"
slug: "wong-ah-fook"
description: "Wong Ah Fook J.P.,, also known as Wong Fook (黄福) or Wong Fook Kee (黄福基), was a Chinese immigrant, entrepreneur, and philanthropist who left an indelible imprint on the state of Johor in present-day Malaysia, particularly its capital, Johor Bahru. Primarily a building contractor, although he also ventured into many other businesses, he built a good number of Johor's heritage buildings, including the original Istana Besar, the royal palace of the Sultan of Johor. Jalan Wong Ah Fook, one of the busiest streets in downtown Johor Bahru, is named after him."
tagline: "Malaysian businessman"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kranji_War_Memorial%2C_Singapore.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1837"
deathDate: "1918-09-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.19
  momentum:             0.1219512195121951
  historical:           4.635856
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC_%D8%A7%D9%87_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%83"
    title: "ونج اه فوك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wong_Ah_Fook"
    title: "Wong Ah Fook"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wong_Ah_Fook"
    title: "Wong Ah Fook"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wong_Ah_Fook"
    title: "Wong Ah Fook"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%BB%83%E4%BA%9E%E7%A6%8F"
    title: "黃亞福"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8031963"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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