# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bill-kirschbaum
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:55:49.047Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bill-kirschbaum"
name: "Bill Kirschbaum"
slug: "bill-kirschbaum"
description: "William Thomas Kirschbaum was an American competition swimmer and 1924 Paris Olympic medalist in the 200-meter breaststroke. He was an unofficial holder of a world record in the 200-meter backstroke of 3:00.2. He would later work for the Matson Cruise Lines."
tagline: "American swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist (1902–1953)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bill_Kirschbaum_(PP-104-11-002).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1902-11-05"
deathDate: "1953-04-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.5
  momentum:             6
  historical:           11.60288
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Білл Кіршбаум"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بيل كيرشباوم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "William Kirschbaum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kirschbaum"
    title: "William Kirschbaum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Kirschbaum"
    title: "Bill Kirschbaum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Kirschbaum"
    title: "Bill Kirschbaum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%84_%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%85"
    title: "بیل کیرشباوم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kirschbaum"
    title: "William Kirschbaum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kirschbaum"
    title: "William Kirschbaum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kirschbaum"
    title: "William Kirschbaum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "William Kirschbaum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Kirschbaum"
    title: "Bill Kirschbaum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Бил Киршбаум"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kirschbaum"
    title: "William Kirschbaum"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q501686"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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