# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-johnstone-ritchie
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:50:07.725Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-johnstone-ritchie"
name: "William Johnstone Ritchie"
slug: "william-johnstone-ritchie"
description: "Sir William Johnstone Ritchie was a Canadian judge who was the second Chief Justice of Canada from 1879 to 1892. He was one of the first judges appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada, and the second-longest serving chief justice of the court after Beverley McLachlin."
tagline: "2nd Chief Justice of Canada (1813-1892)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Johnstone_Ritchie.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1813-10-28"
deathDate: "1892-09-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.71
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.537833333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Ричи, Уильям Джонстон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A"
    title: "ويليام جونستون ريتشي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ويليام جونستون ريتكى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Johnstone_Ritchie"
    title: "William Johnstone Ritchie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Johnstone_Ritchie"
    title: "William Johnstone Ritchie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Johnstone_Ritchie"
    title: "William Johnstone Ritchie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Johnstone_Ritchie"
    title: "William Johnstone Ritchie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1783010"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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