# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-kunstler
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:54:02.570Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-kunstler"
name: "William Kunstler"
slug: "william-kunstler"
description: "William Moses Kunstler was an American attorney and civil rights activist, known for defending the Chicago Seven. Kunstler was an active member of the National Lawyers Guild, a board member of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the co-founder of the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), the \"leading gathering place for radical lawyers in the country.\""
tagline: "American lawyer and civil rights activist (1919-1995)"
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birthDate: "1919-07-07"
deathDate: "1995-09-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump