# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bill-montgomery
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:12:08.750Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bill-montgomery"
name: "Bill Montgomery"
slug: "bill-montgomery"
description: "William Thomas Montgomery was an American businessman and conservative political activist. In 2012, he cofounded the conservative political organization Turning Point USA (TPUSA) alongside Charlie Kirk; Montgomery became Kirk's mentor and worked behind the scenes during the organization's early formation. He died due to complications from COVID-19."
tagline: "American businessman and political activist (1940–2020)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1f/William-montgomery-downers-grove-il-obituary.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1940-05-29"
deathDate: "2020-07-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.28
  momentum:             2.886773206392384
  historical:           8.349246666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 245
sources:
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    title: "Bill Montgomery"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Montgomery_(activist)"
    title: "Bill Montgomery (activist)"
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    title: "بیل مونتگومری"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Montgomery"
    title: "Bill Montgomery"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Montgomery_(mai_fafutuka)"
    title: "Bill Montgomery (mai fafutuka)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%99%D7%9C_%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%98%D7%92%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%99"
    title: "ביל מונטגומרי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Montgomery"
    title: "Bill Montgomery"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Montgomery"
    title: "Bill Montgomery"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Montgomery_(activist)"
    title: "Bill Montgomery (activist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q98041231"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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