# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yao-wenyuan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:18:14.646Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yao-wenyuan"
name: "Yao Wenyuan"
slug: "yao-wenyuan"
description: "Yao Wenyuan was a Chinese literary critic, politician, and member of the Gang of Four during China's Cultural Revolution."
tagline: "Chinese politician (1931–2005)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yao_Wenyuan_(1to1).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "CN"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1931-12-11"
deathDate: "2005-12-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.76828
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump