# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-l-alden
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:31:42.423Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-l-alden"
name: "William L. Alden"
slug: "william-l-alden"
description: "William Livingston Alden (1837–1908) was an American journalist, fiction writer, humorist and canoe enthusiast. He was a US diplomat in Rome from 1885 to 1890 and thereafter lived in Europe until shortly before his death."
tagline: "American lawyer, diplomat, journalist (1837-1908)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_L._Alden_-_Harper's_Weekly_June_27_1885_page_405_(cropped).tif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Public Official"
  slug: "public-official"
birthDate: "1837-10-09"
deathDate: "1908-01-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.56
  momentum:             8.6340206185567
  historical:           4.603888
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ويليام إل. ألدن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ويليام ال. الدن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Livingston_Alden"
    title: "William Livingston Alden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_L._Alden"
    title: "William L. Alden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%A5%D9%84._%D8%A3%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%86"
    title: "وليم إل. ألدن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1615369"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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