# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-billings
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:39:05.857Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-billings"
name: "William Billings"
slug: "william-billings"
description: "William Billings was an American composer and is regarded as the first American choral composer and leading member of the First New England School."
tagline: "American choral composer (1746-1800)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Billings_grave_memorial.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1746-10-07"
deathDate: "1800-09-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.446872
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "William Billings"
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    title: "William Billings"
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    title: "William Billings"
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    title: "William Billings"
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    title: "William Billings"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump