# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-preston-lane
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:19:01.334Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-preston-lane"
name: "William Preston Lane"
slug: "william-preston-lane"
description: "William Preston Lane Jr. was an American attorney and politician who served as the 52nd Governor of Maryland from 1947 to 1951."
tagline: "American politician (1892-1967)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Preston_Lane.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1892-05-12"
deathDate: "1967-02-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.16
  momentum:             5.762340980754594
  historical:           5.955869333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%85_%D9%BE%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%B9%D9%86_%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A6%D8%B1"
    title: "ولیم پریسٹن لین جونیئر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ويليام بريستون لين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%B2%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AC%D8%B1."
    title: "ویلیام پرزتون لان جر."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Preston_Lane"
    title: "William Preston Lane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Preston_Lane_Jr."
    title: "William Preston Lane Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulielmus_Preston_Lane"
    title: "Gulielmus Preston Lane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Preston_Lane"
    title: "William Preston Lane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q431751"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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