# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-wallace-barron
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:14:10.737Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-wallace-barron"
name: "William Wallace Barron"
slug: "william-wallace-barron"
description: "William Wallace \"Wally\" Barron was an American Democratic politician in West Virginia. He was the state's 26th governor of West Virginia from 1961 to 1965, serving one term."
tagline: "American politician (1911-2002)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Wallace_Barron.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1911-12-08"
deathDate: "2002-11-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.8
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.542153333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wally Barron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "وليام والاس بارون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "وليام والاس بارون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "والی بارون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wallace_Barron"
    title: "William Wallace Barron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wally_Barron"
    title: "Wally Barron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%99_%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "וולי ברון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulielmus_Wallace_Barron"
    title: "Gulielmus Wallace Barron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%A3%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81"
    title: "Баррон, Уильям Уоллес"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wallace_Barron"
    title: "William Wallace Barron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q366136"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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