# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-lewis-douglas
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:06:01.256Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-lewis-douglas"
name: "William Lewis Douglas"
slug: "william-lewis-douglas"
description: "William Lewis Douglas was an American businessman and politician from Massachusetts. He served as the 42nd governor of Massachusetts from 1905 until 1906. He also founded and oversaw the growth of the W. L. Douglas Shoe Company, a highly successful Brockton, Massachusetts, business that became one of the world's largest shoe manufacturers. He also opened the first nationwide chain of shoe stores devoted to selling the company's products."
tagline: "US businessman and politician, Massachusetts (1845-1924)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WilliamLewisDouglas.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1845-08-22"
deathDate: "1924-09-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.13
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.874586666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "ویلیام لیویس دوقلاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "William Lewis Douglas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lewis_Douglas"
    title: "William Lewis Douglas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_L._Douglas"
    title: "William L. Douglas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulielmus_Ludovicus_Douglas"
    title: "Gulielmus Ludovicus Douglas"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_L._Douglas"
    title: "William L. Douglas"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump