# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-van-pelt
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:35:21.661Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-van-pelt"
name: "William Van Pelt"
slug: "william-van-pelt"
description: "William Kaiser Van Pelt was an American businessman and Republican politician from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. He served 14 years in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Wisconsin's 6th congressional district from 1951 to 1965. He served on the House Science & Astronautics Committee during the first years of the space race."
tagline: "American politician (1905–1996)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Van_Pelt.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1905-03-10"
deathDate: "1996-06-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.38
  momentum:             1.03448275862069
  historical:           4.603456
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%BE%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AA"
    title: "ويليام ڤان پيلت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%BE%D9%84%D8%AA"
    title: "ویلیام وان پلت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Van_Pelt"
    title: "William Van Pelt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Van_Pelt"
    title: "William Van Pelt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Van_Pelt"
    title: "William Van Pelt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2580867"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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