# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bill-stone
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:26:57.104Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bill-stone"
name: "Bill Stone"
slug: "bill-stone"
description: "William Frederick Stone was one of the last five surviving First World War veterans who served in the United Kingdom's armed forces and one of the last two surviving seamen worldwide, along with Claude Choules. They were also the last two to have also served in the Second World War, although Stone saw action only in the Second World War as he was still in training when the First World War ended."
tagline: "Legion d'honneur recipient (1900–2009)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Stone.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1900-09-23"
deathDate: "2009-01-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.59
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.150325333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Stone"
    title: "Bill Stone"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "بيل ستون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Stone_(Royal_Navy_sailor)"
    title: "Bill Stone (Royal Navy sailor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Stone"
    title: "Bill Stone"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stone"
    title: "William Stone"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Stone"
    title: "Bill Stone"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%83%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA"
    title: "Стоун, Уильям Фредерик"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2607384"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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