# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-franklin-sands
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:15:15.913Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-franklin-sands"
name: "William Franklin Sands"
slug: "william-franklin-sands"
description: "William Franklin Sands was a United States diplomat most known for his service in Korea on the eve of Japan's colonization of that country."
tagline: "American diplomat (1874–1946)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_F_Sands.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1874-07-29"
deathDate: "1946-06-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.43
  momentum:             5.625
  historical:           3.735925333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B2"
    title: "ويليام فرانكلين ساندز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B2"
    title: "ويليام فرانكلين ساندز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Franklin_Sands"
    title: "William Franklin Sands"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Franklin_Sands"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8009349"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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