# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-hale-q8010717
# Generated: 2026-08-15T11:08:37.078Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-hale-q8010717"
name: "William Hale"
slug: "william-hale-q8010717"
description: "William King Hale was an American murderer and crime boss in Osage County, Oklahoma, who was responsible for the most infamous of the Osage Indian murders. He made a fortune through cattle ranching, contract killings, and insurance fraud before his arrest and conviction for murder."
tagline: "American murderer (1874–1962)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Face_detail%2C_William_King_Hale_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1874-12-24"
deathDate: "1962-08-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.05
  momentum:             0.2688213218963008
  historical:           8.749354666666665
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ولیم کنگ ہیل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_King_Hale"
    title: "William King Hale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_King_Hale"
    title: "William King Hale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_King_Hale"
    title: "William King Hale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF_%D9%87%DB%8C%D9%84"
    title: "ویلیام کینگ هیل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_King_Hale"
    title: "William King Hale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hale_(pecuarista)"
    title: "William Hale (pecuarista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%8D%D0%B9%D0%BB%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC"
    title: "Хэйл, Уильям"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A8%81%E5%BB%89%C2%B7%E5%93%88%E7%88%BE_(%E7%89%A7%E7%89%9B%E4%BA%BA)"
    title: "威廉·哈爾 (牧牛人)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8010717"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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