Yap Ah Loy 叶亚来
Yap Ah Loy (Chinese:葉亞來; pinyin:Yè Yàlái; Cantonese Yale:Yip A-loi; Hakka: Ya̍p Â-lòi; 14 March 1837 – 15 April 1885), also known as Yap Tet Loy and Yap Mao Lan. He is widely regarded by as the founding father of Kuala Lumpur, he developed Kuala Lumpur as a commercial and mining centre during the 19th century. Yap Ah Loy became a Kapitan Cina and the headman of a settlement of Chinese inhabitants. After the independence of Federation of Malaya from the British Empire on 31 August 1957 and later the Formation of Malaysia in 1963, Kuala Lumpur became the capital of Malaysia. Today, there is a street named after him in the heart of Chinatown in Kuala Lumpur, known as "Jalan Yap Ah Loy" or "Yap Ah Loy Road".