# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-l-shirer
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:56:04.822Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/william-l-shirer"
name: "William L. Shirer"
slug: "william-l-shirer"
description: "William Lawrence Shirer was an American journalist, war correspondent, and historian. His history of Nazi Germany The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich has been read and cited in scholarly works for more than 60 years; its 50th anniversary was marked by a new edition of the book."
tagline: "American journalist (1904–1993)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shirer.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1904-02-23"
deathDate: "1993-12-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump