# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bill-davidson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:10:15.257Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bill-davidson"
name: "Bill Davidson"
slug: "bill-davidson"
description: "William Morse Davidson was an American businessman. He was president, chairman and CEO of Guardian Industries, one of the world's largest manufacturers of architectural and automotive glass. He was also owner of several North American professional sports teams and a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame."
tagline: "American businessman (1922–2009)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/82/Bill_Davidson_businessman.jpeg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1922-12-05"
deathDate: "2009-03-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.25
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.000005333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "William Davidson (Industrieller)"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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