# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-fargo
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:08:17.873Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-fargo"
name: "William Fargo"
slug: "william-fargo"
description: "William George Fargo was an American businessman and politician who founded Wells Fargo and Company, originally shipping, mail delivery, a stagecoach line, and banking, now Wells Fargo banking corporation, and American Express company."
tagline: "American businessman and former mayor (1818–1881)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1862fargos.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1818-05-20"
deathDate: "1881-08-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.13
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.05018933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "威廉·法戈"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Fargo"
    title: "William Fargo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Fargo"
    title: "William Fargo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Fargo"
    title: "William Fargo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Fargo"
    title: "William Fargo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Fargo"
    title: "William Fargo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Վիլյամ Ֆարգո"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Fargo"
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  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilijam_Fargo"
    title: "Vilijam Fargo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q323682"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump