# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-ziegler
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:54:04.950Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-ziegler"
name: "William Ziegler"
slug: "william-ziegler"
description: "William Ziegler Sr. was an American industrialist who was one of the founding investors of the Royal Baking Powder Company. With his wealth, Ziegler became a prominent public-interest litigant. His other interests were organizing Arctic expeditions and yachting."
tagline: "American businessman (1843-1905)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Ziegler_001.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1843-09-01"
deathDate: "1905-05-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.66
  momentum:             1
  historical:           6.543161333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ziegler"
    title: "William Ziegler"
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  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%BA%D9%84%D8%B1"
    title: "ويليام تسيغلر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B1"
    title: "ويليام تسيجلر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ziegler_(Industrieller)"
    title: "William Ziegler (Industrieller)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ziegler_(industrialist)"
    title: "William Ziegler (industrialist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ziegler"
    title: "William Ziegler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9D_%D7%96%D7%99%D7%92%D7%9C%D7%A8"
    title: "ויליאם זיגלר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8020707"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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