# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-pirrie-1st-viscount-pirrie
# Generated: 2026-09-07T21:22:55.053Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-pirrie-1st-viscount-pirrie"
name: "William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie"
slug: "william-pirrie-1st-viscount-pirrie"
description: "William James Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie was a leading British shipbuilder and businessman. He was chairman of Harland & Wolff, shipbuilders, between 1895 and 1924, and also served as Lord Mayor of Belfast between 1896 and 1898. He was ennobled as Baron Pirrie in 1906, appointed a Knight of the Order of St Patrick in 1908 and made Viscount Pirrie in 1921. Lord Pirrie was involved in the building of the Olympic-class ocean liners, along with his nephew Thomas Andrews. In Belfast, he was already a controversial figure: a Protestant employer associated as a leading Liberal with a policy of Home Rule for Ireland."
tagline: "British shipbuilder (1847-1924)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William-james-pirrie.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1847-05-31"
deathDate: "1924-06-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.942050520059436
  historical:           13.44208933333333
  currentAttention:     16.34472511144131
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "William Pirrie"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump