# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-mayer
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:04:58.863Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-mayer"
name: "William Mayer"
slug: "william-mayer"
description: "William Mayer was an American composer, best known for his prize-winning opera A Death in the Family."
tagline: "American composer (1925–2017)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4a/William_Mayer_%28composer%29.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1925-11-18"
deathDate: "2017-11-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.74
  momentum:             3.611111111111111
  historical:           4.407056
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1_(%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%86)"
    title: "ويليام ماير (ملحن)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "ويليام ماير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Mayer_(composer)"
    title: "William Mayer (composer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e3d9e8ab-119e-4d16-95a7-fea7be0787f3"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1153041"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8015278"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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