# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-cannon
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:27:26.892Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-cannon"
name: "William Cannon"
slug: "william-cannon"
description: "William Cannon was an American merchant and politician from Bridgeville, in Sussex County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party and later the Republican Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as Governor of Delaware during much of the Civil War."
tagline: "American politician, Delaware (1809-1865)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WilliamCannon.gif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1809-03-15"
deathDate: "1865-03-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.96
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.4081
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cannon"
    title: "William Cannon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A)"
    title: "ويليام كانون (سياسي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ویلیام کانون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cannon_(Politiker)"
    title: "William Cannon (Politiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cannon"
    title: "William Cannon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cannon"
    title: "William Cannon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9D_%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "ויליאם קאנון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cannon"
    title: "William Cannon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q886895"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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