# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-gamble
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:52:13.327Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-gamble"
name: "William Gamble"
slug: "william-gamble"
description: "William Gamble was an Irish-born civil engineer and a United States Army cavalry officer. He served during the Second Seminole War, and fought for the Union during the American Civil War. He commanded one of two brigades in Brigadier General John Buford's Division of Cavalry, in which he played an important role in defending Union positions during the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg."
tagline: "United States Army general (1818–1866)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Gamble_USA.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1818-01-01"
deathDate: "1866-12-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.08
  momentum:             13.85930459140178
  historical:           5.504106666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gamble_(general)"
    title: "William Gamble (general)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gamble"
    title: "William Gamble"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gamble"
    title: "William Gamble"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A8%81%E5%BB%89%C2%B7%E7%94%98%E5%B8%83%E5%B0%94"
    title: "威廉·甘布尔"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gamble"
    title: "William Gamble"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%8D%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%BB%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC"
    title: "Гэмбл, Уильям"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q984119"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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