# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-carleton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:38:44.567Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-carleton"
name: "William Carleton"
slug: "william-carleton"
description: "William Carleton was an Irish writer and novelist. He is best known for his Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, a collection of ethnic sketches of the stereotypical Irishman."
tagline: "Irish writer (1794–1869)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Carleton_by_John_Slattery.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1794-02-20"
deathDate: "1869-01-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.93
  momentum:             0.6313131313131314
  historical:           6.815156
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Carleton"
    title: "William Carleton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Carleton"
    title: "William Carleton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Carleton"
    title: "William Carleton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC"
    title: "Карлтон, Уильям"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Carleton"
    title: "William Carleton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bs.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Carleton"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Carleton"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1554038"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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