# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ken-williams
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:03:46.285Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ken-williams"
name: "Ken Williams"
slug: "ken-williams"
description: "Kenneth A. Williams is an American businessman and game programmer who co-founded On-Line Systems together with his wife Roberta Williams. On-Line Systems eventually became Sierra On-Line and was ultimately renamed Sierra Entertainment. The couple were leading figures in the development of graphical adventure games. At its height, Sierra employed nearly 1,000 people prior to its acquisition in 1996."
tagline: "American video game programmer (born 1954)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ken_Williams_(cropped)_-_On-Line_Systems_first_anniversary_celebration.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1954-10-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.56
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.97556666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/ken.williams.35513800"
    handle:    "ken.williams.35513800"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1558962/"
    handle:    "nm1558962"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.kensblog.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%82%AF%C2%B7%E5%A8%81%E5%BB%89%E6%96%AF_(%E6%B8%B8%E6%88%8F%E5%BC%80%E5%8F%91%E8%80%85)"
    title: "肯·威廉斯 (游戏开发者)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2_(%D9%85%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B3)"
    title: "كين وليامز (مهندس)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Williams"
    title: "Ken Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Williams_(Spieleentwickler)"
    title: "Ken Williams (Spieleentwickler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Williams_(game_developer)"
    title: "Ken Williams (game developer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Williams"
    title: "Ken Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Williams"
    title: "Ken Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Williams_(pemrogram)"
    title: "Ken Williams (pemrogram)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Williams_(autore_di_videogiochi)"
    title: "Ken Williams (autore di videogiochi)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Williams"
    title: "Ken Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Williams"
    title: "Ken Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Williams"
    title: "Ken Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC%D1%81%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BD_(%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82)"
    title: "Уильямс, Кен (программист)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Williams"
    title: "Ken Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q956112"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/203165"
    title: "Ken Williams"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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