# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-walker-q196401
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:08:46.559Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-walker-q196401"
name: "William Walker"
slug: "william-walker-q196401"
description: "William Walker was an American journalist and mercenary. In the era of the expansion of the United States, driven by the doctrine of manifest destiny, Walker organized unauthorized military expeditions into Mexico and Central America with the intention of establishing colonies. Such an enterprise was known at the time as \"filibustering\"."
tagline: "American filibuster, physician, lawyer, journalist and mercenary (1824-1860)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WilliamWalker.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1824-05-08"
deathDate: "1860-09-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.46
  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.31046
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Уокер, Уильям"
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    title: "William Walker (pustolov)"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump