# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-earl-buchan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:27:44.459Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-earl-buchan"
name: "William Earl Buchan"
slug: "william-earl-buchan"
description: "William Eastman Buchan is an American sailor and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and won a gold medal in the Star class with Steven Erickson."
tagline: "Sailor"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1935-05-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.49
  momentum:             11.23891891891892
  historical:           10.87221066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "威廉·厄尔·巴肯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ويليام إيرل بوتشان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Earl_Buchan"
    title: "William Earl Buchan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Earl_Buchan"
    title: "William Earl Buchan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Earl_Buchan"
    title: "William Earl Buchan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ویلیام ارل باکان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Earl_Buchan"
    title: "William Earl Buchan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Earl_Buchan"
    title: "William Earl Buchan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Earl_Buchan"
    title: "William Earl Buchan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Earl_Buchan"
    title: "William Earl Buchan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Earl_Buchan"
    title: "William Earl Buchan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%95%D1%80%D0%BB_%D0%91'%D1%8E%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Вільям Ерл Б'юкен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8008346"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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