# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-leigh-brent
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:01:39.657Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-leigh-brent"
name: "William Leigh Brent"
slug: "william-leigh-brent"
description: "William Leigh Brent— was a lawyer, plantation owner, and slaveholder in Maryland and Louisiana, and three-term U.S. Representative representing Louisiana's 3rd congressional district."
tagline: "American politician (1784-1848)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Leigh_Brent_(page_173_crop).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1784-02-20"
deathDate: "1848-07-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.77
  momentum:             23.30188679245283
  historical:           5.470158666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%84%D8%A6%DB%8C%D9%82_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AA"
    title: "ویلیام لئیق برنت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%84%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AA"
    title: "ويليام لي برينت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AA"
    title: "ويليام لى برينت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_L._Brent"
    title: "William L. Brent"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Leigh_Brent"
    title: "William Leigh Brent"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_L._Brent"
    title: "William L. Brent"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1790499"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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