# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-s-harley
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:38:54.128Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-s-harley"
name: "William S. Harley"
slug: "william-s-harley"
description: "William Sylvester Harley was an American mechanical engineer and businessman. He was one of the four co-founders of the Harley-Davidson Motor Company."
tagline: "American businessman and co-founder of the Harley-Davidson Motor Company"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_S_Harley_The_North_Shore_Bulletin_Dec_1920.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1880-12-29"
deathDate: "1943-09-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.83197866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump