# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-sloane-coffin-sr
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:40:41.617Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-sloane-coffin-sr"
name: "William Sloane Coffin, Sr."
slug: "william-sloane-coffin-sr"
description: "William Sloane Coffin Sr. was an American businessman. He was a director, and later vice-president of W. & J. Sloane Company, his family's business, which was founded by his grandfather, William Sloane, from Kilmarnock, Scotland. He became president of the board of trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and founded the Hearth and Home Corporation to provide housing in downtown Manhattan, New York City."
tagline: "American merchant (1879-1933)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Sloane_Coffin%2C_Sr._in_1917.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1879-04-15"
deathDate: "1933-12-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           34.42
  momentum:             0
  historical:           1.536861333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     9.999999999999998
  profileCompleteness:  44
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Sloane_Coffin_Sr."
    title: "William Sloane Coffin Sr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21405712"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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