# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-wallace
# Generated: 2026-08-31T15:43:07.258Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-wallace"
name: "William Wallace"
slug: "william-wallace"
description: "A Scottish knight who led a rebellion against English rule in the 1290s and was executed for it — then became more famous dead than alive, his story retold in epic poems, novels, and a Best Picture film six centuries later."
tagline: "Scottish knight and leading figure in the First War of Scottish Independence"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Wallace.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1270"
deathDate: "1305-08-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           67.98
  momentum:             16.20063896558013
  historical:           30.411528
  currentAttention:     82.39285714285714
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 114
tags:
  - name: "Historical Figures"
    slug: "historical-figures"
  - name: "Public Official"
    slug: "public-official"
  - name: "Medieval Era"
    slug: "medieval-era"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82457"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wallace"
    title: "Wikipedia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pantheon.world/profile/person/William%20Wallace"
    title: "Pantheon 2.0"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "ويليام والاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3_(%D9%85%D8%A4%D9%84%D9%81_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7)"
    title: "ويليام والاس (مؤلف موسيقى من مملكة اسكوتلاندا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wallace"
    title: "William Wallace"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilyam_Volles"
    title: "Vilyam Volles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%A3%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81"
    title: "Уільям Уолес"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%A3%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8A%D1%81"
    title: "Уилям Уолъс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE_%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B8"
    title: "উইলিয়াম ওয়ালেস"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wallace"
    title: "William Wallace"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wallace"
    title: "William Wallace"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%88%D8%A7%DA%B5%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "ویلیام واڵاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wallace"
    title: "William Wallace"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wallace"
    title: "William Wallace"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wallace"
    title: "William Wallace"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wallace"
    title: "William Wallace"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%AF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%B1%CE%BC_%CE%93%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%AC%CE%BB%CE%B1%CF%82"
    title: "Γουίλιαμ Γουάλας"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wallace"
    title: "William Wallace"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wallace"
    title: "William Wallace"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wallace"
    title: "William Wallace"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "ویلیام والاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wallace"
    title: "William Wallace"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wallace"
    title: "William Wallace"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wallace"
    title: "William Wallace"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Wallace"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://eo.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Wallace"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Wallace"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Wallace"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://sr.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0%D0%BC_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  William Wallace rose as one of the main leaders during the First War of Scottish Independence. In September 1297, fighting alongside Andrew Moray, he defeated an English army at the Battle of Stirling Bridge — a victory that earned him appointment as Guardian of Scotland. The role lasted less than a year: he was crushed at the Battle of Falkirk in July 1298. He evaded capture for seven years until August 1305, when he was seized in Robroyston, near Glasgow, and handed over to King Edward I of England. Edward had him hanged, drawn and quartered for high treason and crimes against English civilians. What followed was a second life in myth: Blind Harry wrote a 15th-century epic poem about him, Jane Porter and Sir Walter Scott turned him into literature, and Braveheart won the Academy Award.