# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-safire
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:42:15.043Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-safire"
name: "William Safire"
slug: "william-safire"
description: "William Lewis Safire was an American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He was a long-time syndicated political columnist for The New York Times and wrote the \"On Language\" column in The New York Times Magazine about popular etymology, new or unusual usages, and other language-related topics."
tagline: "American journalist and presidential speechwriter (1929–2009)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/President_Bush_presents_William_Safire_the_2006_President_Medal_of_Freedom_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1929-12-17"
deathDate: "2009-09-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  historical:           17.16509066666667
  currentAttention:     43.6
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump