# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-lister
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:04:15.687Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-lister"
name: "William Lister"
slug: "william-lister"
description: "William Lister was a British water polo player who is credited with a gold medal in the 1900 Summer Olympics. Lister was a member of the Osborne Swimming Club of Manchester, which fielded the winning team. The International Olympic Committee lists Lister as a gold medalist in the event, but this is incorrect, as he died two weeks before the Games."
tagline: "Water polo player"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1882"
deathDate: "1900"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.82
  momentum:             20.38461538461539
  historical:           5.668106666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lister"
    title: "William Lister"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lister"
    title: "William Lister"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lister_(water_polo)"
    title: "William Lister (water polo)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC"
    title: "Листер, Уильям"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lister"
    title: "William Lister"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lister"
    title: "William Lister"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4020073"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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