# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yap-ah-loy
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:57:52.238Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yap-ah-loy"
name: "Yap Ah Loy"
slug: "yap-ah-loy"
description: "Kapitan China Yap Ah Loy, also known as Yap Tet Loy and Yap Mao Lan, was the father of Kuala Lumpur. He served as the third Kapitan China of Kuala Lumpur, and in this administrative capacity, played an important role in developing the city as a commercial and mining centre during the 19th century."
tagline: "Malaysian politician (1837-1885)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yap_Ah_Loy.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1837-03-14"
deathDate: "1885-04-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.81
  momentum:             16.25750394944708
  historical:           11.328268
  currentAttention:     16.68
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "葉亞來"
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    title: "ইয়াপ আহ লয়"
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    title: "ヤップ・ア・ロイ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Yap Ah Loy"
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    title: "Yap Ah Loy"
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    title: "யாப் ஆ லோய்"
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    title: "یاپ اہ لوئے"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump