# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-still
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:11:27.136Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-still"
name: "William Still"
slug: "william-still"
description: "William Still was an African-American abolitionist based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a conductor of the Underground Railroad and was responsible for aiding and assisting at least 649 slaves to freedom. Still was also a businessman, writer, historian and civil rights activist. Before the American Civil War, Still was chairman of the Vigilance Committee of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society, named the Vigilant Association of Philadelphia. He directly aided fugitive slaves and also kept records of the people served in order to help families reunite."
tagline: "American activist, abolitionist, historian, and businessman (1821–1902)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Still_abolitionist.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1821-10-07"
deathDate: "1902-07-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.23
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.142914666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Still"
    title: "William Still"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "وليام ستيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "ويليام ستيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Still_(B%C3%BCrgerrechtler)"
    title: "William Still (Bürgerrechtler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Still"
    title: "William Still"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Still"
    title: "William Still"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Still"
    title: "William Still"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Still_(attivista)"
    title: "William Still (attivista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%8C%EB%A6%AC%EC%97%84_%EC%8A%A4%ED%8B%B8_(1821%EB%85%84)"
    title: "윌리엄 스틸 (1821년)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3568976"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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