# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-henry-ashley
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:31:01.852Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-henry-ashley"
name: "William Henry Ashley"
slug: "william-henry-ashley"
description: "William Henry Ashley was an American miner, land speculator, manufacturer, territorial militia general, politician, frontiersman, fur trader, entrepreneur and hunter.\nAshley was best known for being the co-owner with Andrew Henry of the highly-successful Rocky Mountain Fur Incorporated, otherwise known as \"Ashley's Hundred\" for the famous mountain men working for the firm from 1822 to 1834."
tagline: "American politician (1778-1838)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Beckwourth_buffalo02.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1778"
deathDate: "1838-03-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.83
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.035208
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "William Henry Ashley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "وليام هنري اشلي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "وليام هنرى اشلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ویلیام هنری آشلی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%A5%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%80%D0%B8_%D0%90%D1%88%D0%BB%D0%B8"
    title: "Уилям Хенри Ашли"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Ashley"
    title: "William Henry Ashley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Ashley"
    title: "William H. Ashley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Ashley"
    title: "William Henry Ashley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Ashley"
    title: "William Henry Ashley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Ashley"
    title: "William H. Ashley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Ashley"
    title: "William Henry Ashley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ashley"
    title: "William Ashley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Ashley"
    title: "William Henry Ashley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D1%88%D0%BB%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%80%D0%B8"
    title: "Эшли, Уильям Генри"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1345876"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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