# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-thomas-turner
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:34:02.174Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-thomas-turner"
name: "William Thomas Turner"
slug: "william-thomas-turner"
description: "Captain William Thomas Turner was a British merchant captain. He is best known as the captain of RMS Lusitania when she was sunk by a German torpedo in May 1915."
tagline: "Captain of the Lusitania (1856-1933)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Captain_W._T._Turner_aboard_the_Aquitania.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1856-10-23"
deathDate: "1933-06-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.21
  momentum:             1.601642710472279
  historical:           7.943274666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "William Thomas Turner"
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    title: "William Thomas Turner"
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    title: "William Thomas Turner"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump