# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-andrews
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:19:38.912Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-andrews"
name: "William Andrews"
slug: "william-andrews"
description: "William Henry Andrews was the first chairman of the South African Labour Party (SALP) and the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of South Africa. He was also active in the formation of the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union."
tagline: "Chairman of the South African Labour Party and General Secretary of the Communist Party of South Africa (1870-1950)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bill_Andrews_1930_c.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1870-03-20"
deathDate: "1950"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.41
  momentum:             1.411764705882353
  historical:           5.280814666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Andrews"
    title: "William Henry Andrews"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Andrews"
    title: "William H. Andrews"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A5%D8%AA%D8%B4._%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2"
    title: "ويليام إتش. اندروز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%8E%D1%81%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%80%D0%B8"
    title: "Эндрюс, Уильям Генри"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Andrews_(unionist)"
    title: "William H. Andrews (unionist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Andrews"
    title: "William Henry Andrews"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1158359"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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