# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-colby
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:29:23.883Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-colby"
name: "William Colby"
slug: "william-colby"
description: "William Egan Colby was an American intelligence officer who served as Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) from September 1973 to January 1976. During World War II, Colby served with the Office of Strategic Services. After the war, he joined the newly created Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)."
tagline: "American intelligence agent (1920–1996)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Colby_extracted.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1920-01-04"
deathDate: "1996-04-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump