# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-s-harney
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:38:23.615Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-s-harney"
name: "William S. Harney"
slug: "william-s-harney"
description: "William Selby Harney, otherwise known among the Lakota as \"Woman Killer\" and \"Mad Bear,\" was an American cavalry officer in the US Army, who became known during the Indian Wars and the Mexican–American War for his brutality and ruthlessness. During his service, Harney commanded key frontier military operations in Florida, Texas, and the northern Great Plains, his aggressive actions in the Pacific Northwest also nearly sparked a potential war with the United Kingdom."
tagline: "United States Army general (1800-1889)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_S._Harney.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1800-08-22"
deathDate: "1889-05-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.21
  momentum:             0.64379200565971
  historical:           5.108324
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_S._Harney"
    title: "William S. Harney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_S._Harney"
    title: "William S. Harney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_S._Harney"
    title: "William S. Harney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%8C%EB%A6%AC%EC%97%84_S._%ED%95%98%EB%8B%88"
    title: "윌리엄 S. 하니"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC"
    title: "Харни, Уильям"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3568925"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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