# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-david-ford
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:46:17.689Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-david-ford"
name: "William David Ford"
slug: "william-david-ford"
description: "William David Ford was a U.S. representative from Michigan and namesake of the Federal Direct Student Loan Program and William D. Ford Career-Technical Center. Ford was known for his support of workers and educational opportunity. Among his significant legislative accomplishments were authoring the Workers Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act and the Middle Income Student Assistance Act, and his key role in passing the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993. In 1994, the Federal Direct Student Loan Program was named in his honor."
tagline: "American politician, Michigan (1927-2004)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WilliamDFord.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1927-08-06"
deathDate: "2004-08-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             5.328571428571431
  historical:           7.212312000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
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