# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-r-gorham
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:45:14.832Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-r-gorham"
name: "William R. Gorham"
slug: "william-r-gorham"
description: "William Reagan Gorham  was an American-born Japanese automobile engineer who emigrated to Japan. Gorham would make substantial contributions to the technology and capability of Japan's fledgling automobile industry, and worked with a number of companies that would eventually be merged into the Nissan Motor Company by Yoshisuke Aikawa, who would become a close friend and business partner to Gorham."
tagline: "Japanese engineer (1888–1949)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_R._Gorha%EF%BD%8D.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1888-01-04"
deathDate: "1949-10-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.55
  momentum:             1.542776998597475
  historical:           6.562961333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B4%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8F%E3%83%A0"
    title: "ウィリアム・ゴーハム"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ويليام غورهام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ويليام جورهام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_R._Gorham"
    title: "William R. Gorham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gorham_(engineer)"
    title: "William Gorham (engineer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gorham"
    title: "William Gorham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "ویلیام گورهام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2580296"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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