# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-donald-schaefer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:04:28.159Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-donald-schaefer"
name: "William Donald Schaefer"
slug: "william-donald-schaefer"
description: "William Donald Schaefer was an American politician who served in public office for 50 years at both the state and local level in Maryland. As a Democrat, he was the 45th mayor of Baltimore from December 1971 to January 1987, the 58th governor of Maryland from January 21, 1987, to January 18, 1995, and the 32nd comptroller of Maryland from January 20, 1999, to January 17, 2007. On September 12, 2006, he was defeated in his reelection bid for a third term as Comptroller by Maryland Delegate Peter Franchot in the Democratic Party primary."
tagline: "American politician (1921-2011)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Donald_Schaefer.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1921-11-02"
deathDate: "2011-04-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.155310621242485
  historical:           8.606305333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulielmus_Donaldus_Schaefer"
    title: "Gulielmus Donaldus Schaefer"
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    title: "William Donald Schaefer"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump