# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-gay
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:31:42.450Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-gay"
name: "William Gay"
slug: "william-gay"
description: "William Elbert Gay was an American novelist, and author of short stories and essays."
tagline: "American writer (1941-2012)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1941-10-27"
deathDate: "2012-02-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.41
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.267536
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2793287/"
    handle:    "nm2793287"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/12605cb7-28d5-487f-bdc3-41e66c511ebe"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%8A"
    title: "ويليام غاي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gay_(author)"
    title: "William Gay (author)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gay"
    title: "William Gay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gay"
    title: "William Gay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gay"
    title: "William Gay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%B9_(%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80)"
    title: "Вільям Гей (автор)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3568651"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/125033"
    title: "William Gay"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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