# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bill-downs
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:31:40.424Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bill-downs"
name: "Bill Downs"
slug: "bill-downs"
description: "William Randall Downs, Jr. was an American broadcast journalist and war correspondent. He worked for CBS News from 1942 to 1962 and for ABC News beginning in 1963. He was one of the original members of the team of war correspondents known as the Murrow Boys."
tagline: "American journalist (1914-1978)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/CBS_correspondent_Bill_Downs_in_London%2C_1942.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1914-08-17"
deathDate: "1978-05-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.35
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.284810666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0236155/"
    handle:    "nm0236155"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Downs"
    title: "Bill Downs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "بيل دونز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "بيل دونز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Downs"
    title: "Bill Downs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bill_Downs"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4908822"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1734779"
    title: "William Missouri Downs"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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