# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-owens
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:10:52.100Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-owens"
name: "William Owens"
slug: "william-owens"
description: "William Arthur Owens is a retired admiral of the United States Navy and who served as the third vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1994 to 1996. Since leaving the military in 1996, he served as an executive or as a member of the board of directors of various companies, including Nortel Networks Corporation."
tagline: "United States Navy admiral"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Admiral_William_Owens%2C_military_portrait%2C_1994.JPEG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1940-05-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.55
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.485386666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_A._Owens"
    title: "William A. Owens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2_(%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A8)"
    title: "ويليام أوينز (كاتب)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2_(%D9%85%D8%A4%D9%84%D9%81)"
    title: "ويليام اوينز (مؤلف)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3_(%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%88%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%84)"
    title: "ولیم اوونس (ایڈمرل)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Owens_(admiral)"
    title: "William Owens (admiral)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "ویلیام اوونز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q525405"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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