# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-howe
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:18:35.184Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-howe"
name: "William Howe"
slug: "william-howe"
description: "William Howe was an American architect and bridge builder famous for patenting the Howe truss design for bridges in 1840."
tagline: "American bridge builder (1803–1852)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Howe_architect.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1803-05-12"
deathDate: "1852-09-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.55
  momentum:             3.195876288659793
  historical:           6.342549333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Howe_(architecte)"
    title: "William Howe (architecte)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%88"
    title: "ويليام هاو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%88_(%D9%85%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B3)"
    title: "ويليام هاو (مهندس)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Howe_(Ingenieur)"
    title: "William Howe (Ingenieur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Howe_(architect)"
    title: "William Howe (architect)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Howe_(arquitecto)"
    title: "William Howe (arquitecto)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Howe_(insener)"
    title: "William Howe (insener)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2579334"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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