# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-temple-franklin
# Generated: 2026-09-03T13:19:09.486Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-temple-franklin"
name: "William Temple Franklin"
slug: "william-temple-franklin"
description: "William Temple Franklin, known as Temple Franklin, was an American diplomat and real estate speculator who is best known for his involvement with the American diplomatic mission in France during the American Revolutionary War. Beginning at the age of 16, he served as secretary to his grandfather Benjamin Franklin, who negotiated and agreed to the Franco-American Alliance."
tagline: "American diplomat"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Temple_Franklin_by_Mather_Brown.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1760-02-22"
deathDate: "1823-05-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.69
  momentum:             4.439845474613687
  historical:           6.243442666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "William Temple Franklin"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Temple_Franklin"
    title: "William Temple Franklin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Temple_Franklin"
    title: "William Temple Franklin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Temple_Franklin"
    title: "William Temple Franklin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Temple_Franklin"
    title: "William Temple Franklin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Temple_Franklin"
    title: "William Temple Franklin"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15487954"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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