# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-henry-playfair
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:42:09.117Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-henry-playfair"
name: "William Henry Playfair"
slug: "william-henry-playfair"
description: "William Henry Playfair FRSE was a Scottish architect in the 19th century who designed the Eastern, or Third, New Town and many of Edinburgh's neoclassical landmarks."
tagline: "Scottish architect (1790-1857)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William-playfair.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Architects"
  slug: "architects"
profileType:
  name: "Architect"
  slug: "architect"
birthDate: "1790-07-15"
deathDate: "1857-03-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.39
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.822932
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Вільям Генрі Плейфер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ويليام هنرى پلايفاير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Playfair"
    title: "William Henry Playfair"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Playfair"
    title: "William Henry Playfair"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Playfair"
    title: "William Henry Playfair"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D9%BE%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%81%D8%B1"
    title: "ویلیام هنری پلیفر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Playfair"
    title: "William Henry Playfair"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%88%D6%82%D5%AB%D5%AC%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B4_%D5%80%D5%A5%D5%B6%D6%80%D5%AB_%D5%93%D5%AC%D5%A5%D5%B5%D6%86%D5%A5%D6%80"
    title: "Ուիլյամ Հենրի Փլեյֆեր"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Playfair"
    title: "William Henry Playfair"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%84%D1%8D%D1%80%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%80%D0%B8"
    title: "Плейфэр, Уильям Генри"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Playfair"
    title: "William Henry Playfair"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q706350"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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