# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-b-read
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:01:00.673Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-b-read"
name: "William B. Read"
slug: "william-b-read"
description: "William Brown Read was a 19th-century politician and lawyer from Kentucky."
tagline: "American politician, Kentucky (1817-1880)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WBRead.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1817-12-14"
deathDate: "1880-08-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.85
  momentum:             6.57738095238095
  historical:           5.468790666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ویلیام بی. رید"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%8A._%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF_(%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A)"
    title: "ويليام بي. ريد (سياسي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%89._%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AF"
    title: "ويليام بى. رايد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9D_%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%93"
    title: "ויליאם בראון ריד"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_B._Read"
    title: "William B. Read"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_B._Read"
    title: "William B. Read"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1257865"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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