# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bill-france
# Generated: 2026-09-03T12:26:06.279Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bill-france"
name: "Bill France"
slug: "bill-france"
description: "William Henry Getty France was an American businessman and racing driver. He was also known as Bill France Sr. or Big Bill. He is best known for founding and managing NASCAR, a sanctioning body of American-based stock car racing."
tagline: "American racecar driver (1909–1992)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Bill_France_Sr._1949.png/330px-Bill_France_Sr._1949.png"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1909-09-26"
deathDate: "1992-06-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.13
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.59230666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%AF%94%E5%B0%94%C2%B7%E5%BC%97%E6%9C%97%E6%96%AF"
    title: "比尔·弗朗斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "بيل فرانس سينيور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "بيل فرانس سينيور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_France_senior"
    title: "Bill France senior"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_France_Sr."
    title: "Bill France Sr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%84_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3_%D9%BE%D8%AF%D8%B1"
    title: "بیل فرانس پدر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_France_Sr."
    title: "Bill France Sr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_France_Sr."
    title: "Bill France Sr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_France_Sr."
    title: "Bill France Sr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B9%8C_%ED%94%84%EB%9E%9C%EC%8A%A4"
    title: "빌 프랜스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_France"
    title: "Bill France"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_France%2C_Sr."
    title: "Bill France, Sr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q726049"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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