# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-l-ball
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:48:47.776Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-l-ball"
name: "William L. Ball"
slug: "william-l-ball"
description: "William Lockhart Ball III is an American former government official and political appointee. He held senior posts in the Reagan Administration, beginning as an Assistant Secretary of State under George Shultz in 1985. He moved to the White House staff in 1986 as President Reagan's chief lobbyist and liaison to Congress. After two years in that capacity, he was nominated by President Reagan and confirmed by the Senate to become the 67th Secretary of the Navy in 1988."
tagline: "American government official"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_L._Ball%2C_at_a_ceremony%2C_7_October_1988.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1948-06-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.92
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.008604
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A5%D9%84._%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "ويليام إل. بال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_L._Ball"
    title: "William L. Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_L._Ball"
    title: "William L. Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9D_%D7%91%D7%95%D7%9C"
    title: "ויליאם בול"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_L._Ball"
    title: "William L. Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1363233"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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