# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-o-dwyer
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:08:23.538Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-o-dwyer"
name: "William O'Dwyer"
slug: "william-o-dwyer"
description: "William O'Dwyer was an Irish American attorney and Democratic Party politician who served as the 101st Mayor of New York City from 1946 to 1950, when he resigned under the cloud of multiple investigations into corruption in the New York City Police Department. He also served as Brooklyn District Attorney from 1940 to 1945 and United States Ambassador to Mexico from 1950 to 1952."
tagline: "Irish-American politician and diplomat; 100th Mayor of New York City (1946-1950); attained rank of Brigadier General in WW II"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_O'Dwyer.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Public Official"
  slug: "public-official"
birthDate: "1890-07-11"
deathDate: "1964-11-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             5.227272727272728
  historical:           9.323948
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 246
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    title: "William O'Dwyer"
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    title: "Gulielmus O'Dwyer"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump