# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-french-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:48:29.765Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-french-smith"
name: "William French Smith"
slug: "william-french-smith"
description: "William French Smith II was an American lawyer and the 74th United States Attorney General. After attaining his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1942, Smith went on to join the law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP in 1946. Smith became acquainted with California governor candidate Ronald Reagan in 1966, after which Reagan appointed him to the University of California Board of Regents. Smith was nominated for U.S. Attorney General shortly after Reagan's victory in the 1980 United States presidential election, assuming the title on January 23, 1981, and serving until February 25, 1985."
tagline: "Attorney General of the United States (1917–1990)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_officiel_de_William_French_Smith.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1917-08-26"
deathDate: "1990-10-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump