# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-j-powell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:34:36.914Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-j-powell"
name: "William J. Powell"
slug: "william-j-powell"
description: "William Jenifer Powell was an American engineer, soldier, civil aviator and writer who is credited with promoting aviation among the African-American community. Along with Bessie Coleman and James Banning, he is recognized as a pioneer aviator and a civil rights activist. Powell was optimistic about the prospects of African Americans in aviation, and believed that their involvement in the industry would help end racial prejudice at a time of widespread segregation under the Jim Crow laws."
tagline: "Aviator (1897-1942)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_J._Powell_1917.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1897-07-27"
deathDate: "1942-07-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.24
  momentum:             0
  historical:           3.939273333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84"
    title: "ويليام جاي باول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%89_%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84"
    title: "ويليام جاى پول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_J._Powell"
    title: "William J. Powell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_J._Powell"
    title: "William J. Powell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15438982"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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