# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-kemmler
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:22:15.808Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-kemmler"
name: "William Kemmler"
slug: "william-kemmler"
description: "William Francis Kemmler was an American murderer who was the first person executed by electric chair. He was convicted of murdering Matilda \"Tillie\" Ziegler, his common-law wife, a year earlier. Although electrocution had previously been successfully used to kill a horse, Kemmler's execution did not go smoothly."
tagline: "American murderer (1860–1890)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Kemmler.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1860-05-09"
deathDate: "1890-08-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.4475342168151206
  historical:           21.47958133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump