# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-lynch
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:36:29.027Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-lynch"
name: "William Lynch"
slug: "william-lynch"
description: "William Lynch (1742–1820) was an American military officer from Pittsylvania County, Virginia. He claimed to be the source of the terms \"lynch law\" and \"lynching\"."
tagline: "American military officer"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/%22Blasts%22_from_The_Ram%27s_Horn_%281902%29_%2814782370504%29.jpg/330px-%22Blasts%22_from_The_Ram%27s_Horn_%281902%29_%2814782370504%29.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1742"
deathDate: "1820"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.25
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.551878666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lynch_(lezenn_Lynch)"
    title: "William Lynch (lezenn Lynch)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B4"
    title: "ويليام لونش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%87"
    title: "Уилям Линч"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lynch"
    title: "William Lynch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lynch_(Lynch_law)"
    title: "William Lynch (Lynch law)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lynch"
    title: "William Lynch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2090213"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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