# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-h-simpson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:54:22.428Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-h-simpson"
name: "William H. Simpson"
slug: "william-h-simpson"
description: "General William Hood Simpson was a senior United States Army officer who served with distinction in both World War I and World War II. He is best known for being the commanding general of the Ninth United States Army in northwest Europe during World War II."
tagline: "United States Army general (1888-1980)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_H._Simpson_portrait.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
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  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1888-05-18"
deathDate: "1980-08-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0.8020545239035954
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump