# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-porcher-miles
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:10:47.988Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-porcher-miles"
name: "William Porcher Miles"
slug: "william-porcher-miles"
description: "William Porcher Miles was an American politician who was among the ardent states' rights advocates, supporters of slavery, and Southern secessionists who came to be known as the \"Fire-Eaters.\" He is notable for having designed the most popular variant of the Confederate flag, originally rejected as the national flag in 1861 but adopted as a battle flag by the Army of Northern Virginia under General Robert E. Lee before it was reincorporated."
tagline: "American politician (1822-1899)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Porcher_Miles_-_Brady-Handy.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1822-07-04"
deathDate: "1899-05-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.54
  momentum:             0.4861111111111112
  historical:           4.62718
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "ويليام پورتشير ميليس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%86%D8%B1_%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%B2"
    title: "ویلیام پورچر میلز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Porcher_Miles"
    title: "William Porcher Miles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Porcher_Miles"
    title: "William Porcher Miles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Porcher_Miles"
    title: "William Porcher Miles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123223"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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