# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/w-averell-harriman
# Generated: 2026-09-01T04:33:58.077Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/w-averell-harriman"
name: "W. Averell Harriman"
slug: "w-averell-harriman"
description: "William Averell Harriman was an American politician, businessman, and diplomat. He was a founder of Harriman & Co. which merged with the older Brown Brothers to form the Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. investment bank, served as Secretary of Commerce under President Harry S. Truman, and was the 48th governor of New York. He unsuccessfully sought the Democratic Party nomination for president in 1952 and 1956. Throughout his career, he was a key foreign policy advisor to Democratic presidents."
tagline: "American businessman, politician and diplomat (1891–1986)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1891-11-15"
deathDate: "1986-07-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump