# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-fly
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:21:12.216Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-fly"
name: "William Fly"
slug: "william-fly"
description: "William Fly was an English pirate who raided New England shipping fleets for three months in 1726 until he was captured by the crew of a seized ship. He was hanged in Boston, Massachusetts, and his body publicly exhibited in a gibbet as a warning to other pirates. His death is considered by many to mark the end of the Golden Age of Piracy."
tagline: "English pirate"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Fly.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1699"
deathDate: "1726-07-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.09
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.516238666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%A4%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9"
    title: "Вільям Флай"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%81%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A"
    title: "ويليام فلاي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Fly"
    title: "William Fly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Fly"
    title: "William Fly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%81%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C"
    title: "ویلیام فلای"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Fly"
    title: "William Fly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4"
    title: "ウィリアム・フライ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Fly"
    title: "William Fly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC"
    title: "Флай, Уильям"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2248991"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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