# Willie Williams

> Willie Williams was an American sprinter who set the 100 metres world record in 1956 with a new time of 10.1s, one-tenth of a second faster than the record held jointly by 8 men.

*American sprinter (1931-2019)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/willie-williams

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Athlete ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131))
- **Category:** Athletes
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1931-09-12
- **Died:** 2019-02-27
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 39.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 3.1 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 5.9 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 35.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 55.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Willie Williams (sprinter)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Williams_(sprinter))
- [فيلي وليامز (منافس ألعاب قوى)](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A_%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2_(%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B3_%D8%A3%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D9%82%D9%88%D9%89))
- [Willie Williams (Leichtathlet)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Williams_(Leichtathlet))
- [Уильямс, Уилли](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC%D1%81%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8)
- [Willie Williams (athlétisme)](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Williams_(athl%C3%A9tisme))
- [Willie Williams](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Williams)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2581493)

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