# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-z-foster
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:19:56.749Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/william-z-foster"
name: "William Z. Foster"
slug: "william-z-foster"
description: "William Z. Foster was a radical American labor organizer and Communist politician, whose career included serving as General Secretary of the Communist Party USA from 1945 to 1957. He was previously a member of the Socialist Party of America and the Industrial Workers of the World, leading the drive to organize packinghouse industry workers during World War I and the steel strike of 1919."
tagline: "American labor organizer and Communist politician (1881–1961)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Z._Foster%2C_cropped.PNG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
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profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1881-02-25"
deathDate: "1961-09-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump