# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-h-riker
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:43:30.962Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-h-riker"
name: "William H. Riker"
slug: "william-h-riker"
description: "William Harrison Riker was an American political scientist known for applying game theory and mathematics to political science. He helped establish University of Rochester as a center of the behavioral revolution in political science."
tagline: "American political scientist"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1920-09-22"
deathDate: "1993-06-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.34
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.747409333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "ویلیام هیکر ریکر"
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    title: "William Harrison Riker"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Райкер, Уильям"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump