# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bill-w
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:48:05.140Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bill-w"
name: "Bill W."
slug: "bill-w"
description: "William Griffith Wilson, also known as Bill Wilson or Bill W., was an American businessman who co-conceived and co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), with fellow co-founder Bob Smith."
tagline: "Founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (1895–1971)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bill_W._of_Alcoholics_Anonymous.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1895-11-26"
deathDate: "1971-01-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.51
  momentum:             0.5363636363636364
  historical:           19.11851333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4929435/"
    handle:    "nm4929435"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/da3e7395-a968-4878-9c5d-5208ceb887d3"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88."
    title: "بيل دبليو."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88."
    title: "بيل دبليو."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Griffith_Wilson"
    title: "William Griffith Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_W."
    title: "Bill W."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_W."
    title: "Bill W."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%84_%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "بیل ویلسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_W."
    title: "Bill W."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%99%D7%9C_W"
    title: "ביל W"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_W."
    title: "Bill W."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%93%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bill W."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ਬਿਲ ਡਬਲਯੂ."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Griffith_Wilson"
    title: "William Griffith Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_W."
    title: "Bill W."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB"
    title: "Уилсон, Билл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "William Griffith Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_W."
    title: "Bill W."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%BB_%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Білл Вілсон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bill Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A8%81%E5%BB%89%C2%B7%E6%A0%BC%E9%87%8C%E8%8F%B2%E6%96%AF%C2%B7%E5%A8%81%E5%B0%94%E9%80%8A"
    title: "威廉·格里菲斯·威尔逊"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q571646"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1391572"
    title: "Bill W. Benton"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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