# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-thornton
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:26:33.144Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-thornton"
name: "William Thornton"
slug: "william-thornton"
description: "William Thornton was an American physician, inventor, painter and architect who designed the United States Capitol. He also served as the first Architect of the Capitol and first Superintendent of the United States Patent Office."
tagline: "British-American physician, inventor, painter and architect (1759-1828)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William-thorton.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Architect"
  slug: "architect"
birthDate: "1759-05-20"
deathDate: "1828-03-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             6.719242902208203
  historical:           12.91879466666667
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump