# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-burns
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:00:01.733Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-burns"
name: "William Burns"
slug: "william-burns"
description: "William Laurie Burns was a Canadian lacrosse player who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. In 1904 he was member of the Shamrock Lacrosse Team which won the gold medal in the lacrosse tournament."
tagline: "Canadian lacrosse player (1875–1953)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
birthDate: "1875-03-24"
deathDate: "1953-10-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.29
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.204068
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A8%81%E5%BB%89%C2%B7%E4%BC%AF%E6%81%A9%E6%96%AF"
    title: "威廉·伯恩斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "ويليام بورنس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Burns"
    title: "William Burns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Burns"
    title: "William Burns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Burns_(Lacrossespieler)"
    title: "William Burns (Lacrossespieler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Burns_(lacrosse)"
    title: "William Burns (lacrosse)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "ویلیامز برنز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Burns_(crosse)"
    title: "William Burns (crosse)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Burns"
    title: "Billy Burns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Burns"
    title: "Billy Burns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Laurie_Burns"
    title: "William Laurie Burns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Burns_(zawodnik_lacrosse)"
    title: "William Burns (zawodnik lacrosse)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Burns"
    title: "William Burns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%91%D1%80%D0%BD%D1%81%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_(%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BA_%D0%B2_%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81)"
    title: "Бёрнс, Уильям (игрок в лякросс)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1768478"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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