# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bill-veeck
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:23:42.051Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bill-veeck"
name: "Bill Veeck"
slug: "bill-veeck"
description: "William Louis Veeck Jr., also known as \"Sport Shirt Bill\" and \"Wild Bill\" was an American Major League Baseball franchise owner and promoter. Veeck was at various times the owner of the Cleveland Indians, the St. Louis Browns, and the Chicago White Sox."
tagline: "United States baseball executive (1914–1986)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bill_Veeck_1944.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1914-02-09"
deathDate: "1986-01-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.29
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.642058666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Veeck"
    title: "Bill Veeck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%83_(%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7)"
    title: "بيل فيك (لاعب بيسبول من امريكا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Veeck"
    title: "Bill Veeck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bill_Veeck"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%93%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF"
    title: "ビル・ベック"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Veeck"
    title: "Bill Veeck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2746900"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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