# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-dodd
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:46:56.742Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-dodd"
name: "William Dodd"
slug: "william-dodd"
description: "William Edward Dodd was an American historian, author and diplomat. A liberal Democrat, he served as the United States Ambassador to Germany from 1933 to 1937 during the Nazi era. Initially a holder of the slightly antisemitic notions of his times, he went to Germany with instructions from President Franklin D. Roosevelt to do what he could to protest Nazi treatment of Jews in Germany \"unofficially\", while also attempting to follow official State Department instructions to maintain cordial official diplomatic relations. Convinced from firsthand observation that the Nazis were an increasing threat, he resigned over his inability to mobilize the Roosevelt administration, particularly the State Department, to counter the Nazis prior to the start of World War II."
tagline: "American historian and ambassador to Germany"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Dodd_(US_Ambassador_to_Germany).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1869-10-21"
deathDate: "1940-02-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.95
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.954722666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A8%81%E5%BB%89%C2%B7%E5%A4%9A%E5%BE%B7"
    title: "威廉·多德"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AF"
    title: "وليام دود"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AF"
    title: "وليام دود"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ویلیام دود (سیاستچی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Edward_Dodd"
    title: "William Edward Dodd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dodd_(ambassador)"
    title: "William Dodd (ambassador)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9D_%D7%93%D7%95%D7%93"
    title: "ויליאם דוד"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulielmus_Dodd"
    title: "Gulielmus Dodd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B4%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC"
    title: "Додд, Уильям"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q324713"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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