# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-colgate
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:06:36.140Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-colgate"
name: "William Colgate"
slug: "william-colgate"
description: "William Colgate was an English-American industrialist who in 1806 founded what became the Colgate-Palmolive company."
tagline: "Soap manufacturer and philanthropist (2783-1857)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Colgate.jpeg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1783-01-25"
deathDate: "1857-03-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.969812
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "William Colgate"
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    title: "William Colgate"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "William Colgate"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "William Colgate"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "William Colgate"
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    title: "வில்லியம் கோல்கேட்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump