# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-j-schroeder
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:08:40.278Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-j-schroeder"
name: "William J. Schroeder"
slug: "william-j-schroeder"
description: "William J. Schroeder, was one of the first recipients of an artificial heart. Schroeder was born in Jasper, Indiana, and was a Sergeant in the United States Air Force from 1952 to 1966. On November 25, 1984, at the age of 52, became the second human recipient of the Jarvik 7. The transplant was performed at Humana Heart Institute International in Louisville, Kentucky by Dr. William C. DeVries."
tagline: "Recipient of an artificial heart (1932–1986)"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1932"
deathDate: "1986-08-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.63
  momentum:             4.705882352941176
  historical:           5.476026666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_J._Schroeder"
    title: "William J. Schroeder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%B1"
    title: "وليام شرودر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_J._Schroeder"
    title: "William J. Schroeder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_J._Schroeder"
    title: "William J. Schroeder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_J._Schroeder"
    title: "William J. Schroeder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_J._Schroeder"
    title: "William J. Schroeder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4261980"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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