# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-chapman-ralston
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:47:59.404Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-chapman-ralston"
name: "William Chapman Ralston"
slug: "william-chapman-ralston"
description: "William Chapman Ralston was a San Francisco businessman and financier, and the founder of the Bank of California."
tagline: "American banker (1826-1875)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Chapman_Ralston.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1826-01-12"
deathDate: "1875-08-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.96
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.558137333333335
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Chapman_Ralston"
    title: "William Chapman Ralston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ويليام شابمان رالستون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Chapman_Ralston"
    title: "William Chapman Ralston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Chapman_Ralston"
    title: "William Chapman Ralston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Chapman_Ralston"
    title: "William Chapman Ralston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Chapman_Ralston"
    title: "William Chapman Ralston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Chapman_Ralston"
    title: "William Chapman Ralston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q355072"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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