# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-william-sterling
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:25:47.583Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-william-sterling"
name: "John William Sterling"
slug: "john-william-sterling"
description: "John William Sterling was a founding partner of Shearman & Sterling LLP and major benefactor to Yale University."
tagline: "Lawyer and Yale benefactor (1844–1918)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johnwilliamsterling.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "lawyers"
profileType:
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  slug: "lawyer"
birthDate: "1844-05-12"
deathDate: "1918-07-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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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