# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-finn
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:03:45.495Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-finn"
name: "William Finn"
slug: "william-finn"
description: "William Alan Finn was an American composer and lyricist. He was best known for his musicals, which include Falsettos, for which he won the 1992 Tony Awards for Best Original Score and Best Book of a Musical, A New Brain (1998), and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (2005)."
tagline: "American composer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Finn.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1952-02-28"
deathDate: "2025-04-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.876651982378854
  historical:           10.64129733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/57374718725"
    handle:    "57374718725"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0278182/"
    handle:    "nm0278182"
sources:
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ويليام فين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ویلیام فین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "William Finn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "William Finn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Finn"
    title: "William Finn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ویلیام فین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Finn"
    title: "William Finn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Finn"
    title: "William Finn"
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  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Finn"
    title: "William Finn"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8009056"
    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "William Finn"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump