# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-byrd-ii
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:43:28.722Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-byrd-ii"
name: "William Byrd II"
slug: "william-byrd-ii"
description: "William Byrd II was an American planter, lawyer, surveyor, and writer. Born in the English colony of Virginia, Byrd was educated in London, where he practiced law. Upon his father's death, Byrd returned to Virginia in 1705. He served as a member of the Virginia Governor's Council from 1709 to 1744. Byrd was also the House of Burgesses's colonial agent in London during the 1720's. His life reflected aspects of both the British colonial gentry and an emerging American identity."
tagline: "American planter (1674-1744)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Byrd_II.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1674-03-16"
deathDate: "1744-08-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.34
  momentum:             1.027351567711808
  historical:           8.392841333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Byrd_II"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ويليام بيرد الثانى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "William Byrd II"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Byrd_II"
    title: "William Byrd II"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulielmus_Byrd_II"
    title: "Gulielmus Byrd II"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Byrd_II"
    title: "William Byrd II"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%B4%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_II"
    title: "Бэрд, Уильям II"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%91%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Уилям Бэрд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%85_%D8%A8%D8%B1%DA%88_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%85"
    title: "ولیم برڈ دوم"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump