# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-ellam-allen
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:33:39.826Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-ellam-allen"
name: "William Ellam Allen"
slug: "william-ellam-allen"
description: "William Ellam Allen (1880–1960) was an acting director of the U.S. Bureau of Investigation (BOI) during 1919. The BOI was a predecessor of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)."
tagline: "Former director of the U.S. Bureau of Investigation"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_E._Allen%2C_head-and-shoulders_portrait%2C_facing_left_LCCN93510886_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Lawyers"
  slug: "lawyers"
profileType:
  name: "Lawyer"
  slug: "lawyer"
birthDate: "1900"
deathDate: "2000"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.44
  momentum:             12.22857142857143
  historical:           5.271058666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_E._Allen"
    title: "William E. Allen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8A%D0%BD"
    title: "Уилям Алън"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_E._Allen"
    title: "William E. Allen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC"
    title: "Аллен, Уильям"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_E._Allen"
    title: "William E. Allen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_E._Allen"
    title: "William E. Allen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2920867"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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