# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-brodie
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:38:04.717Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-brodie"
name: "William Brodie"
slug: "william-brodie"
description: "William Brodie, often known by his title of Deacon Brodie, was a Scottish cabinet-maker, deacon of a trades guild, and Edinburgh city councillor, who maintained a secret life as a burglar in order to support his mistresses and to fund a gambling addiction."
tagline: "British cabinet-maker and thief (1741-1788)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Deacon_Brodie_figure.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1741-09-28"
deathDate: "1788-10-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.82
  momentum:             3.400621118012421
  historical:           8.840901333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Brodie"
    title: "William Brodie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Brodie"
    title: "William Brodie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Brodie"
    title: "William Brodie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Brodie"
    title: "William Brodie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deacon_Brodie"
    title: "Deacon Brodie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Brodie"
    title: "William Brodie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Brodie"
    title: "William Brodie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Brodie"
    title: "William Brodie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Brodie"
    title: "William Brodie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC"
    title: "Броди, Уильям"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q709522"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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