# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-williams
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:29:42.617Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-williams"
name: "Walter Williams"
slug: "walter-williams"
description: "Walter Williams was an American journalist and educator. He founded the world's first journalism school at the University of Missouri, and later served as the university's president. An internationalist, he promoted the ideals of journalism globally and is often referred to as \"The Father of Journalism Education\"."
tagline: "American journalist and educator (1864-1935)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Walter_Williams.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1864-07-02"
deathDate: "1935-07-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.44
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.673254666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Williams_(periodista)"
    title: "Walter Williams (periodista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2_(%D8%B5%D8%AD%D9%81%D9%8A)"
    title: "والتر وليامز (صحفي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Williams_(journalist)"
    title: "Walter Williams (journalist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%B9%D8%B1_%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_(%D8%B5%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%81%DB%8C)"
    title: "والٹر ولیمز (صحافی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Williams_(jornalista)"
    title: "Walter Williams (jornalista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC%D1%81%2C_%D0%A3%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Уильямс, Уолтер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7966430"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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