# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-sterling-cole
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:25:55.821Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-sterling-cole"
name: "William Sterling Cole"
slug: "william-sterling-cole"
description: "William Sterling Cole was an American politician, lawyer, and civil servant who served as the first director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) from 1957 to 1961. Before his appointment to the IAEA he was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York."
tagline: "American politician (1904-1987)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Sterling_Cole_(3359899604).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1904-04-18"
deathDate: "1987-03-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.392638036809816
  historical:           13.814544
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 104
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1922633"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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