# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-targ
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:13:04.671Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-targ"
name: "William Targ"
slug: "william-targ"
description: "William Targ was an American book editor, well respected in the field of commercial publishing. He is known for publishing Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather while editor in chief of G. P. Putnam's Sons."
tagline: "American book editor (1907–1999)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/98/William_Targ.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1907"
deathDate: "1999-07-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.02
  momentum:             5.49151343705799
  historical:           1.537797333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     9.999999999999998
  profileCompleteness:  44
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Targ"
    title: "William Targ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8019178"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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