# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-cairns
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:30:14.583Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-cairns"
name: "William Cairns"
slug: "william-cairns"
description: "Sir William Wellington Cairns, was a British colonial administrator. He was the Governor of Queensland and the Governor of Trinidad."
tagline: "British colonial administrator (1828–1888)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Cairns.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1828-03-03"
deathDate: "1888-06-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.9
  momentum:             2.05607476635514
  historical:           7.413932000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Кэрнс, Уильям"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cairns"
    title: "William Cairns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cairns"
    title: "William Cairns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cairns"
    title: "William Cairns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cairns"
    title: "William Cairns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cairns"
    title: "William Cairns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cairns"
    title: "William Cairns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cairns"
    title: "William Cairns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2578234"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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