# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-r-roy
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:17:31.682Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-r-roy"
name: "William R. Roy"
slug: "william-r-roy"
description: "William Robert Roy, also known as Bill Roy, was a United States representative from Kansas, a physician, and a columnist for The Topeka Capital-Journal. He was the Democratic nominee for U.S Senator from Kansas in the 1974 and 1978 senate elections, but lost both races."
tagline: "American politician (1926-2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_R._Roy.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1926-02-23"
deathDate: "2014-05-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.62
  momentum:             4.212454212454213
  historical:           6.145033333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "William R. Roy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ويليام ر. روي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B1._%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%89"
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    title: "ویلیام آر. روی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_R._Roy"
    title: "William R. Roy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_R._Roy"
    title: "William R. Roy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%82_%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%AC%E0%B5%BC%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%8D"
    title: "വില്യം റോബർട്ട് റോയ്"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump