# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-penn
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:40:07.219Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-penn"
name: "William Penn"
slug: "william-penn"
description: "William Penn was an English writer, theologian, religious thinker, and influential Quaker who founded the Province of Pennsylvania. An advocate of democracy and religious freedom, Penn was known for his amicable relations and successful treaties with the Lenape native peoples who had resided in present-day Pennsylvania before European colonisation there."
tagline: "English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, early Quaker and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania (1644-1718)"
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category:
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birthDate: "1644-10-14"
deathDate: "1718-07-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump