# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-weir
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:23:44.771Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-weir"
name: "William Weir"
slug: "william-weir"
description: "William James Alexander Weir, was an Australian flying ace of the First World War credited with six aerial victories. He received the Distinguished Flying Cross for \"conspicuous gallantry in air combats and attacking ground objectives\"."
tagline: "World War I flying ace"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
birthDate: "1891-04-04"
deathDate: "2000"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           32.76
  momentum:             8
  historical:           5.267422666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Weir_(aviator)"
    title: "William Weir (aviator)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "ويليام وير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "ويليام وير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_James_Alexander_Weir"
    title: "William James Alexander Weir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Weir"
    title: "William Weir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Weir"
    title: "William Weir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7442673"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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