# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-d-byron
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:30:31.186Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-d-byron"
name: "William D. Byron"
slug: "william-d-byron"
description: "William Devereux Byron II, a Democrat, was a U.S. congressman who represented the 6th congressional district of Maryland from January 3, 1939, to February 27, 1941. After his death in an airplane crash in Georgia on February 27, 1941, his widow, Katharine Byron, a granddaughter of U.S. Senator Louis E. McComas, was elected in a special election to complete his term of office."
tagline: "American politician (1895–1941)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_D._Byron_(Maryland_Congressman).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1895-05-15"
deathDate: "1941-02-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.08
  momentum:             0.5660377358490567
  historical:           6.542189333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Devereux_Byron"
    title: "William Devereux Byron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AF._%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ويليام د. بايرون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AF._%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ويليام د. بايرون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_D._Byron"
    title: "William D. Byron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_D._Byron"
    title: "William D. Byron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_D._Byron"
    title: "William D. Byron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_D._Byron"
    title: "William D. Byron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2598106"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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