# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-bull-nelson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:39:25.077Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-bull-nelson"
name: "William \"Bull\" Nelson"
slug: "william-bull-nelson"
description: "William \"Bull\" Nelson was a United States naval officer who became a Union general during the American Civil War."
tagline: "19th-century American naval officer and Army general"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Nelson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1824-09-27"
deathDate: "1862-09-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.2
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.849104000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_%22Bull%22_Nelson"
    title: "William \"Bull\" Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nelson_(General)"
    title: "William Nelson (General)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_%22Bull%22_Nelson"
    title: "William \"Bull\" Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84_%D9%86%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%86"
    title: "ویلیام بول نلسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9D_%D7%A0%D7%9C%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "ויליאם נלסון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2902284"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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