# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wu-zhaonan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:32:29.721Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wu-zhaonan"
name: "Wu Zhaonan"
slug: "wu-zhaonan"
description: "Wu Zhaonan was a Chinese xiangsheng comedian based in Taiwan. He was officially recognized by the government of Taiwan as a \"national treasure\". He was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Lincoln Center and the Golden Melody Award for Lifetime Contributions. Before becoming a comedian, he ran a food stall in Taipei where he created and popularized the dish Mongolian barbecue."
tagline: "Taiwanese xiangsheng comedian"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wu_Zhaonan.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1926-01-14"
deathDate: "2018-10-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.18
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.636576
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88_%D8%B2%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "و زهاونان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Zhaonan"
    title: "Wu Zhaonan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Zhaonan"
    title: "Wu Zhaonan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%90%B3%E5%85%86%E5%8D%97"
    title: "吳兆南"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%90%B3%E5%85%86%E5%8D%97"
    title: "吳兆南"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9119045"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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