# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-banting
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:46:38.736Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-banting"
name: "William Banting"
slug: "william-banting"
description: "William Banting was an English undertaker. Formerly obese, he is also known for being the first to popularise a weight loss diet based on limiting the intake of carbohydrates, especially those of a starchy or sugary nature. He undertook his dietary changes at the suggestion of Soho Square physician William Harvey, who in turn had learned of this type of diet, but in the context of diabetes management, from attending lectures in Paris by Claude Bernard."
tagline: "English undertaker and populariser of a weight loss diet"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Banting.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1796"
deathDate: "1878-03-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.79
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.902558666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "William Banting"
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    title: "وليام بانتينج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Banting"
    title: "William Banting"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ουίλιαμ Μπάντινγκ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Banting"
    title: "William Banting"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Banting"
    title: "William Banting"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Banting"
    title: "William Banting"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%B3%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0"
    title: "ウィリアム・バンティング"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Banting"
    title: "William Banting"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1380335"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump