# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-j-bennett
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:22:43.889Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-j-bennett"
name: "William J. Bennett"
slug: "william-j-bennett"
description: "William John Bennett is an American conservative politician and political commentator who served as the third United States secretary of education from 1985 to 1988 under President Ronald Reagan. He also held the post of director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy under George H. W. Bush."
tagline: "American pundit (1943-)"
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1943-07-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump