# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-frank
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:13:43.399Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-frank"
name: "William Frank"
slug: "william-frank"
description: "William Gottlieb Frank was an American track and field athlete who was born in Besigheim, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He arrived in the United States in 1889. Frank was a member of the Irish American Athletic Club and the Twenty-Second Regiment of the New York National Guard. Frank was also a police officer assigned to the New York City Police Department's 74th Precinct."
tagline: "American long distance runner (1878–1965)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Frank_1906.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1878-12-01"
deathDate: "1965-03-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.19
  momentum:             8.377622377622378
  historical:           7.202268
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "William Frank"
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    title: "ويليام فرانك (منافس العاب قوى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Frank"
    title: "William Frank"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Frank_(athlete)"
    title: "William Frank (athlete)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Frank"
    title: "William Frank"
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    title: "ویلیام فرانک (ورزشکار)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Frank"
    title: "William Frank"
    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%83%B3%E3%82%AF"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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