# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/billy-bishop
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:16:59.775Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/billy-bishop"
name: "Billy Bishop"
slug: "billy-bishop"
description: "Air Marshal William Avery Bishop, was a Canadian flying ace of the First World War. He was officially credited with 72 victories, making him the top Canadian and British Empire ace of the war, and also received a Victoria Cross. During the Second World War, Bishop was instrumental in setting up and promoting the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan."
tagline: "Canadian aviator and author (1894–1956)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Billy_bishop.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1894-02-08"
deathDate: "1956-09-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.38
  momentum:             3.51512815571401
  historical:           18.18580133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Billy Bishop"
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    title: "Billy Bishop"
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    title: "Billy Bishop"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Billy Bishop"
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    title: "Billy Bishop"
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    title: "Billy Bishop"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Avery_Bishop"
    title: "William Avery Bishop"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump