# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-cook
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:00:32.056Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-cook"
name: "William Cook"
slug: "william-cook"
description: "William Alfred Cook was an American entrepreneur, philanthropist and historic preservationist, co-founded the medical equipment manufacturer Cook Group with his wife Gayle Cook in 1963. He resided in Bloomington, Indiana, and was one of America's wealthiest men."
tagline: "American entrepreneur"
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: "1931-01-27"
deathDate: "2011-04-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.61
  momentum:             3.390092879256966
  historical:           6.164473333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cook_(mjasiriamali)"
    title: "William Cook (mjasiriamali)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%83_(%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%AF_%D8%A3%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84)"
    title: "ويليام كوك (رائد أعمال)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%83_(%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84)"
    title: "ويليام كوك (رجال اعمال)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Alfred_Cook"
    title: "William Alfred Cook"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cook_(entrepreneur)"
    title: "William Cook (entrepreneur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%88%D6%82%D5%AB%D5%AC%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B4_%D5%94%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%84"
    title: "Ուիլյամ Քուք"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%BA%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4"
    title: "Кук, Уильям Альфред"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8007078"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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