# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-gillette
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:28:47.461Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-gillette"
name: "William Gillette"
slug: "william-gillette"
description: "William Hooker Gillette was an American actor-manager, playwright, and stage manager in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is best remembered for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage and in a 1916 silent film."
tagline: "American actor, inventor and writer (1853-1937)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Gillette_cph.3a03734.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1853-07-24"
deathDate: "1937-04-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           16.108216
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0319069"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump