# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-gaston
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:19:48.758Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-gaston"
name: "William Gaston"
slug: "william-gaston"
description: "William J. Gaston was a jurist and United States Representative from North Carolina. He was the author of the official state song of North Carolina, \"The Old North State\". Gaston County, North Carolina, created just after his death, was named for him, as later were the city of Gastonia, North Carolina, artificial Lake Gaston, and the Gaston Hall auditorium at his alma mater, Georgetown University."
tagline: "American politician from North Carolina (1778–1844)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WilliamGaston.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1778-09-19"
deathDate: "1844-01-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.84
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.550577333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "ويليام جاستون (محامى)"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_J._Gaston"
    title: "William J. Gaston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gaston"
    title: "William Gaston"
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    title: "ויליאם גסטון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "William J. Gaston"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump