# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-wirt-winchester
# Generated: 2026-09-01T00:42:44.571Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-wirt-winchester"
name: "William Wirt Winchester"
slug: "william-wirt-winchester"
description: "William Wirt Winchester was an American and the treasurer of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, a position he held until his death in 1881."
tagline: "American businessman (1837–1881)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Wirt_Winchester_portrait.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1837-06-22"
deathDate: "1881-03-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.32
  momentum:             9.417040358744396
  historical:           7.319664
  currentAttention:     52.31689088191332
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Вилијам Винчестер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ويليام ويرت وينشستر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wirt_Winchester"
    title: "William Wirt Winchester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wirt_Winchester"
    title: "William Wirt Winchester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wirt_Winchester"
    title: "William Wirt Winchester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wirt_Winchester"
    title: "William Wirt Winchester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wirt_Winchester"
    title: "William Wirt Winchester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1985999"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump