# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-harvey-carney
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:02:00.949Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-harvey-carney"
name: "William Harvey Carney"
slug: "william-harvey-carney"
description: "William Harvey Carney was an American soldier during the American Civil War. Born enslaved, he was awarded the Medal of Honor in 1900 for his gallantry in saving the regimental colors during the Battle of Fort Wagner in 1863. The action for which he received the Medal of Honor preceded that of any other African American Medal of Honor recipient; however, his medal was actually one of the last to be awarded for Civil War service. Some African Americans received the Medal of Honor as early as April 1865."
tagline: "United States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1840–1908)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Harvey_Carney_by_James_E_Reed_-_Restoration.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1840-02-29"
deathDate: "1908-12-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.11
  momentum:             3.994609164420485
  historical:           5.853578666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Harvey_Carney"
    title: "William Harvey Carney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ويليام هارفي كارني"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ويليام هارفى كارنى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%8C%EB%A6%AC%EC%97%84_H._%EC%B9%B4%EB%8B%88"
    title: "윌리엄 H. 카니"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Harvey_Carney"
    title: "William Harvey Carney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Harvey_Carney"
    title: "William Harvey Carney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8010989"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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