# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-verity
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:37:38.396Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-verity"
name: "William Verity"
slug: "william-verity"
description: "Calvin William Verity Jr. was an American government official and steel industrialist who served as the 27th United States secretary of commerce between 1987 and 1989, under President Ronald Reagan."
tagline: "American businessman (1917-2007)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/CalvinWilliamVerity.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1917-01-26"
deathDate: "2007-01-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             19.95098039215686
  historical:           10.68862666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Вільям Веріті"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ويليام ڤيريتى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "William Verity"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Verity_Jr."
    title: "William Verity Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Verity_Jr."
    title: "William Verity Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Verity_Jr."
    title: "William Verity Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ויליאם וריטי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Verity_Jr."
    title: "William Verity Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Verity_Jr."
    title: "William Verity Jr."
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    title: "Верити, Уильям"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Verity_Jr."
    title: "William Verity Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Verity"
    title: "William Verity"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1385887"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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