# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-w-bankhead
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:32:07.700Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-w-bankhead"
name: "Walter W. Bankhead"
slug: "walter-w-bankhead"
description: "Walter Will Bankhead was an American politician and lawyer. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. representative from Alabama's 7th congressional district in 1941. He was the son of John Hollis Bankhead II and the grandson of John H. Bankhead, both of whom represented Alabama in the United States Senate."
tagline: "American congressman for Alabama (1897-1988)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Walter_W._Bankhead%2C_c._1940.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1897-07-21"
deathDate: "1988-11-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.76
  momentum:             3.6272040302267
  historical:           5.486142666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "والتر دبلیو. بانخید"
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    title: "والتر دبليو. بانكهيد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "والتر دبليو. بانخياد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%98%D7%A8_%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%A7%D7%94%D7%93"
    title: "וולטר בנקהד"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_W._Bankhead"
    title: "Walter W. Bankhead"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_W._Bankhead"
    title: "Walter W. Bankhead"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2546670"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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