# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-j-brennan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:58:15.980Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/william-j-brennan"
name: "William J. Brennan"
slug: "william-j-brennan"
description: "William Joseph Brennan Jr. was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1956 to 1990. He was the eighth-longest serving justice in Supreme Court history, and was known for being a leader of the Court's liberal wing."
tagline: "U.S. Supreme Court justice from 1956 to 1990"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/US_Supreme_Court_Justice_William_Brennan_-_1972_official_portrait.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1906-04-25"
deathDate: "1997-07-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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