# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-leslie-edison
# Generated: 2026-08-31T13:51:19.666Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-leslie-edison"
name: "William Leslie Edison"
slug: "william-leslie-edison"
tagline: "American inventor, son of Thomas Edison and Mary Stilwell"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Leslie_Edison._Inscribed-_%22With_love%2C_William_L._Edison_Aug._3rd_97%22_(3021f629527a414ca5200d686b2dd183).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1878-10-26"
deathDate: "1937-08-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           2.35
  momentum:             0
  historical:           0.6666666666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     4.999999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  62
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63823815"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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