# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-s-benson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:02:18.074Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-s-benson"
name: "William S. Benson"
slug: "william-s-benson"
description: "William Shepherd Benson was an admiral in the United States Navy and the first chief of naval operations (CNO), holding the post throughout World War I."
tagline: "American Navy admiral; (1855-1932)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_S._Benson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1855-09-25"
deathDate: "1932-05-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.9302325581395349
  historical:           9.823364
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "威廉·班森"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ويليام إس. بنسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shepherd_Benson"
    title: "William Shepherd Benson"
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    title: "William S. Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ウィリアム・シェパード・ベンソン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulielmus_Benson"
    title: "Gulielmus Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shepherd_Benson"
    title: "William Shepherd Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC"
    title: "Бенсон, Уильям"
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    title: "Вільям Шепард Бенсон"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump