# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-f-raynolds
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:06:19.708Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-f-raynolds"
name: "William F. Raynolds"
slug: "william-f-raynolds"
description: "William Franklin Raynolds was an American explorer, engineer and U.S. army officer who served in the Mexican–American War and American Civil War. He is best known for leading the 1859–60 Raynolds Expedition while serving as a member of the U.S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers."
tagline: "U.S. Army surveyor and topographer (1820-1894)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_F._Raynolds.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1820-03-17"
deathDate: "1894-10-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.47
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.349137333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "威廉·F·雷诺兹"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ويليام إف. راينولدز"
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    title: "William F. Raynolds"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_F._Raynolds"
    title: "William F. Raynolds"
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  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_F._Raynolds"
    title: "William F. Raynolds"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_F._Raynolds"
    title: "William F. Raynolds"
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  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%85_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%81_%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%88%D8%B2"
    title: "ولیم ایف رینالڈز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8008862"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump