# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bill-sheffield
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:38:59.467Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bill-sheffield"
name: "Bill Sheffield"
slug: "bill-sheffield"
description: "William Jennings Sheffield Jr. was an American Democratic politician who was the fifth governor of Alaska from 1982 to 1986. Sheffield's term in the governor's mansion was marked by controversy including attempts to have him impeached."
tagline: "Governor of Alaska (1928–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bill_Sheffield_1989.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1928-06-26"
deathDate: "2022-11-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.79
  momentum:             0.7514450867052024
  historical:           10.48675466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Bill Sheffield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بیل شفیلد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Sheffield"
    title: "Bill Sheffield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Sheffield"
    title: "Bill Sheffield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Sheffield"
    title: "Bill Sheffield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Sheffield"
    title: "Bill Sheffield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Sheffield"
    title: "Bill Sheffield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%99%D7%9C_%D7%A9%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%93"
    title: "ביל שפילד"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Sheffield"
    title: "Bill Sheffield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Sheffield"
    title: "Bill Sheffield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B5%D1%84%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B4%2C_%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB"
    title: "Шеффилд, Билл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Sheffield"
    title: "Bill Sheffield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q763636"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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