# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-joseph-simmons
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:55:31.909Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-joseph-simmons"
name: "William Joseph Simmons"
slug: "william-joseph-simmons"
description: "William Joseph Simmons was an American preacher and fraternal organizer who founded and led the second Ku Klux Klan from Thanksgiving evening 1915 until being ousted in 1922 by Hiram Wesley Evans."
tagline: "Ku Klux Klan founder (1880–1945)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William-joseph-simmons2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1880-05-06"
deathDate: "1945-05-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.78126533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Вільям Джозеф Сіммонс"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_J._Simmons"
    title: "William J. Simmons"
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    title: "William J. Simmons"
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    title: "William Joseph Simmons"
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    title: "William J. Simmons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "William J. Simmons"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump