# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-kennard
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:52:39.190Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-kennard"
name: "William Kennard"
slug: "william-kennard"
description: "William Earl Kennard is an American attorney and former government official. Kennard served as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from 1997 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton, and was the first African American to lead the agency. In 2009, Kennard was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve as Ambassador to the European Union, serving until 2013."
tagline: "Former United States Ambassador to the European Union and former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Kennard_Official.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1957-01-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.52
  momentum:             5.217391304347827
  historical:           5.686898666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kennard"
    title: "William Kennard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "ويليام كينارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "ويليام كينارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A8%81%E5%BB%89%C2%B7%E8%82%AF%E7%B4%8D%E5%BE%B7"
    title: "威廉·肯納德"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kennard"
    title: "William Kennard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC"
    title: "Кеннард, Уильям"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2579585"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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