# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-h-hastie
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:20:55.585Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-h-hastie"
name: "William H. Hastie"
slug: "william-h-hastie"
description: "William Henry Hastie Jr. was an American lawyer, judge, educator, public official, and civil rights advocate. He was the first African American to serve as Governor of the United States Virgin Islands, as a federal judge, and as a federal appellate judge. He served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and previously served as District Judge of the District Court of the Virgin Islands."
tagline: "American politician and civil rights activist (1904-1976)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Judge_William_H._Hastie%2C_dean_of_the_Howard_University_Law_School%2C_Civilian_Aide_to_the_Secretary_of_War%2C_ca._1941_-_NARA_-_535835.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1904-11-17"
deathDate: "1976-04-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.3
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.571529333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "William H. Hastie"
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    title: "ويليام هاستي"
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    title: "ويليام هاستى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Hastie"
    title: "William H. Hastie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Hastie"
    title: "William H. Hastie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Hastie"
    title: "William H. Hastie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Hastie"
    title: "William H. Hastie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2579062"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump