# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-w-knight
# Generated: 2026-09-03T12:25:47.456Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-w-knight"
name: "William W. Knight"
slug: "william-w-knight"
description: "William Wesley Knight was an American lawyer, politician, and newspaper publisher. He lived, worked in, and raised a family with his wife, Lota Hatfield Knight, in Portland, Oregon. Their son, Phil Knight, a high school and college athlete, went on to co-found Nike."
tagline: "American lawyer and politician (1909-1981)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1909-02-08"
deathDate: "1981-02-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.93
  momentum:             3.9008
  historical:           3.223050666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     20
  profileCompleteness:  53
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88._%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA_(%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A)"
    title: "ويليام دبليو. ونايت (سياسي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88._%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA_(%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%89)"
    title: "ويليام دبليو. ونايت (محامى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_W._Knight_(publisher)"
    title: "William W. Knight (publisher)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8019802"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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