# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bill-thomas-q132302
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:32:28.006Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bill-thomas-q132302"
name: "Bill Thomas"
slug: "bill-thomas-q132302"
description: "William Marshall Thomas is an American politician. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1979 to 2007, finishing his tenure representing California's 22nd congressional district and as the chair of the House Ways and Means Committee."
tagline: "American politician from California"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bill_Thomas%2C_official_photo_portrait_color.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1941-12-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.98
  momentum:             10.90948811308631
  historical:           8.098382666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Bill Thomas (polityk)"
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  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_(%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A)"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بيل توماس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بیل توماس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Thomas_(Politiker)"
    title: "Bill Thomas (Politiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Thomas"
    title: "Bill Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Thomas"
    title: "Bill Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Thomas_(homme_politique)"
    title: "Bill Thomas (homme politique)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Thomas_(politico)"
    title: "Bill Thomas (politico)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q132302"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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