# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-heneker
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:40:47.781Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-heneker"
name: "William Heneker"
slug: "william-heneker"
description: "General Sir William Charles Giffard Heneker, was a Canadian soldier who served with the British Army in West Africa, India, and then later on the Western Front during the First World War. A notable military strategist and tactician, he became one of the most experienced and highly decorated Canadians in the British Empire, and one of only a handful of Canadians to reach the rank of full general."
tagline: "British Army general (1867-1939)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/General_Sir_William_Heneker.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
birthDate: "1867-08-22"
deathDate: "1939-05-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.73
  momentum:             8.571428571428571
  historical:           5.672750666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Heneker"
    title: "William Heneker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "ويليام هينيكير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Heneker"
    title: "William Heneker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC"
    title: "Хенекер, Уильям"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%87%D9%86%DA%A9%D8%B1"
    title: "ویلیام هنکر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Heneker"
    title: "William Heneker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2579180"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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