# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-boyce
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:37:36.682Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-boyce"
name: "William Boyce"
slug: "william-boyce"
description: "William Boyce was an English composer and organist. Like Beethoven later on, he became deaf but continued to compose. He knew Handel, Arne, Gluck, J. C. Bach, Abel, and a very young Mozart, all of whom respected his work."
tagline: "English composer and organist (1711-1779)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Boyce.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1711-09-11"
deathDate: "1779-02-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.8
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.52372666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2613208/"
    handle:    "nm2613208"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump