# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-s-richardson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:36:14.116Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-s-richardson"
name: "William S. Richardson"
slug: "william-s-richardson"
description: "William Shaw Richardson was an American attorney, political figure, and chief justice of the Hawaii State Supreme Court from 1966 to 1982. Prior to his service as the top jurist in Hawaii, Richardson was lieutenant governor under John A. Burns. Previous to that tenure from 1956 to 1962 he was chairman of the Democratic Party of Hawaii."
tagline: "American judge in Hawaii (1919-2010)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c5/William_S._Richardson_in_2009.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Lawyers"
  slug: "lawyers"
profileType:
  name: "Lawyer"
  slug: "lawyer"
birthDate: "1919-12-22"
deathDate: "2010-06-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.18
  momentum:             10
  historical:           6.347733333333334
  currentAttention:     30
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump