# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/peter-g-van-winkle
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:03:34.352Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/peter-g-van-winkle"
name: "Peter G. Van Winkle"
slug: "peter-g-van-winkle"
description: "Peter Godwin Van Winkle was an American lawyer, businessman, and politician. A prominent officer of the Northwestern Virginia Railroad for many years, he became one of the founders of West Virginia and later served as a United States senator."
tagline: "American politician (1808–1872)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Peter_G._Van_Winkle_-_Brady-Handy.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1808-09-07"
deathDate: "1872-04-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.79
  momentum:             1.130952380952381
  historical:           7.006732
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_G._Van_Winkle"
    title: "Peter G. Van Winkle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D8%AC%D9%89._%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%83%D9%84"
    title: "پيتير جى. ڤان وينكل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%A9%D9%84"
    title: "پیتر ون وینکل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_G._Van_Winkle"
    title: "Peter G. Van Winkle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_G._Van_Winkle"
    title: "Peter G. Van Winkle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%A9%D9%84"
    title: "پیتر ون وینکل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%98%D7%A8_%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9F_%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%A7%D7%9C"
    title: "פיטר ואן וינקל"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_G._Van_Winkle"
    title: "Peter G. Van Winkle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1404201"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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