# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-dunbar
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:37:27.892Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-dunbar"
name: "William Dunbar"
slug: "william-dunbar"
description: "William Dunbar was a Scottish makar, or court poet, active in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. He was closely associated with the court of King James IV and produced a large body of work in Scots distinguished by its great variation in themes and literary styles. He was probably a native of East Lothian, as assumed from a satirical reference in The Flyting of Dumbar and Kennedie. His surname is also spelt Dumbar."
tagline: "Medieval Scottish poet and civil servant"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Statue_of_William_Dunbar%2C_Scottish_National_Portrait_Gallery.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1460"
deathDate: "1520"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.57
  momentum:             0.5097613882863341
  historical:           15.634884
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Уільям Данбар"
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    title: "William Dunbar"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dunbar_(Dichter)"
    title: "William Dunbar (Dichter)"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dunbar"
    title: "William Dunbar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dunbar"
    title: "William Dunbar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dunbar"
    title: "William Dunbar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dunbar"
    title: "William Dunbar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dunbar"
    title: "William Dunbar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dunbar_(po%C3%A8te)"
    title: "William Dunbar (poète)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dunbar"
    title: "William Dunbar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dunbar_(poeta)"
    title: "William Dunbar (poeta)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%B2%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%AF%E0%B2%AE%E0%B3%8D_%E0%B2%A1%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AC%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8D"
    title: "ವಿಲಿಯಮ್ ಡನ್ಬಾರ್"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulielmus_Dunbar"
    title: "Gulielmus Dunbar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dunbar"
    title: "William Dunbar"
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  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dunbar"
    title: "William Dunbar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dunbar"
    title: "William Dunbar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC"
    title: "Данбар, Уильям"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dunbar"
    title: "William Dunbar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Dunbar"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q647150"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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