# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-henry-danforth
# Generated: 2026-08-12T16:45:57.000Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-henry-danforth"
name: "William Henry Danforth"
slug: "william-henry-danforth"
description: "William Henry Danforth II was an American physician, professor of medicine, academic administrator, and philanthropist. He was chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis from 1971 until 1995. Danforth was the grandson of Ralston-Purina founder and St. Louis businessman William H. Danforth, and the brother of former U.S. Senator John Danforth."
tagline: "American academic administrator (1926–2020)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
  name: "Doctor"
  slug: "doctor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1926-04-10"
deathDate: "2020-09-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.57
  momentum:             3.793103448275863
  historical:           4.61548
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "ويليام هنري دانفورث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AB"
    title: "ويليام هنرى دانفورث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Danforth"
    title: "William H. Danforth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Danforth"
    title: "William Henry Danforth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Danforth"
    title: "William Henry Danforth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1643693"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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