# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-crapo-durant
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:03:51.520Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-crapo-durant"
name: "William Crapo Durant"
slug: "william-crapo-durant"
description: "William Crapo Durant was an American businessman. A leading pioneer of the United States automobile industry, he was the founder of General Motors and a co-founder of Chevrolet. He created a system in which a company held multiple brands – each seemingly independent, with different automobile lines – bound under a unified corporate holding company. He also founded Frigidaire."
tagline: "American automotive businessman (1861–1947)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WilliamCDurant.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1861-12-08"
deathDate: "1947-03-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: 202
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump