# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-hanna
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:27:05.043Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-hanna"
name: "William Hanna"
slug: "william-hanna"
description: "William Denby Hanna was an American animator, voice actor, and musician. Hanna and Joseph Barbera co-created Tom and Jerry and founded the animation studio and production company Hanna-Barbera, with Hanna providing the vocal effects for Tom and Jerry's title characters."
tagline: "American animator (1910–2001)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Hanna_1977.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
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  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1910-07-14"
deathDate: "2001-03-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           24.54340133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump