# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ward-hill-lamon
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:36:52.977Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ward-hill-lamon"
name: "Ward Hill Lamon"
slug: "ward-hill-lamon"
description: "Ward Hill Lamon was an American law enforcement officer who was a personal friend and self-appointed bodyguard of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln. Lamon was absent the night Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theatre on April 14, 1865, having been sent by Lincoln to Richmond, Virginia."
tagline: "Bodyguard of President of the United States Abraham Lincoln (1828–1893)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WardhillLamon.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1828-01-06"
deathDate: "1893-05-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.38
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.555514666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_Hill_Lamon"
    title: "Ward Hill Lamon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "وارد هيل لامون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vard_Hill_Lamon"
    title: "Vard Hill Lamon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_Hill_Lamon"
    title: "Ward Hill Lamon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_Hill_Lamon"
    title: "Ward Hill Lamon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9B%8C%EB%93%9C_%ED%9E%90_%EB%9D%BC%EB%AA%AC"
    title: "워드 힐 라몬"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7969020"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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