# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frederick-william-franz
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:30:03.548Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frederick-william-franz"
name: "Frederick William Franz"
slug: "frederick-william-franz"
description: "Frederick William Franz was a president of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania, the legal entity used to administer the work of Jehovah's Witnesses, and he also was a member of the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses. He had previously served as vice-president of the same corporation from 1945 until 1977 when he replaced Nathan H. Knorr as president. His position was administrative, as the Governing Body assumed control of all Jehovah's Witness corporations in 1976. He remained president until his death in 1992."
tagline: "American Watch Tower Society president (1893–1992)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/FrederickWilliamFranz-atBrooklynBethel.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1893-09-12"
deathDate: "1992-12-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump