# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bill-williams
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:31:37.277Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bill-williams"
name: "Bill Williams"
slug: "bill-williams"
description: "Bill Williams was an American video game designer, programmer, composer, and author born with cystic fibrosis, a genetic disorder. According to a medical encyclopedia Williams consulted when he was 12, people with cystic fibrosis weren't expected to live past the age of 13."
tagline: "Game designer and programmer (1960-1998)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1960-05-29"
deathDate: "1998-05-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.09
  momentum:             2.379807692307692
  historical:           5.685206666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Williams_(cr%C3%A9ateur_de_jeu_vid%C3%A9o)"
    title: "Bill Williams (créateur de jeu vidéo)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2_(%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A8)"
    title: "بيل وليامز (كاتب)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Williams_(game_designer)"
    title: "Bill Williams (game designer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Williams"
    title: "Bill Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Williams_(programmatore)"
    title: "Bill Williams (programmatore)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Williams_(cr%C3%A9ateur_de_jeu_vid%C3%A9o)"
    title: "Bill Williams (créateur de jeu vidéo)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2903400"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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