# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sir-william-berkeley
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:44:59.315Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sir-william-berkeley"
name: "Sir William Berkeley"
slug: "sir-william-berkeley"
description: "Sir William Berkeley was an English colonial administrator who served as the governor of Virginia from 1660 to 1677. One of the Lords Proprietors of the Province of Carolina, as governor of Virginia he implemented policies that bred dissent among the colonists and sparked Bacon's Rebellion. A favourite of King Charles I, the king first granted him the governorship in 1642. Berkeley was unseated following the execution of Charles I, but his governorship was restored by King Charles II in 1660."
tagline: "English colonial governor of Virginia"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Governor_William_Berkeley_(grayscale).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1605"
deathDate: "1677-07-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.03
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.941114666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Berkeley"
    title: "William Berkeley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A"
    title: "وليم باركلي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Berkeley_(governor)"
    title: "William Berkeley (governor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Berkeley"
    title: "William Berkeley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Berkeley_(gubernur)"
    title: "William Berkeley (gubernur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_(%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80)"
    title: "Беркли, Уильям (губернатор)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2809463"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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