# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benny-rebel
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:48:19.922Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benny-rebel"
name: "Benny Rebel"
slug: "benny-rebel"
description: "Benny Rebel, born Bahman Vafaeinejad, is an Iranian-German photographer known for his extreme close-up portraits of dangerous wildlife of Africa by approaching within feet of the animals."
tagline: "Iranian-German photographer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2015-12-02_Stadtkulturpreis_Hannover%2C_(1054)_Der_Tierfotograf_und_Dokumentarfilmer_Benny_Rebel.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1968-08-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           37.18
  momentum:             1.25
  historical:           5.270518666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10458676/"
    handle:    "nm10458676"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.benny-rebel.de/en/"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Rebel"
    title: "Benny Rebel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%89_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "بينى ريبيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Rebel"
    title: "Benny Rebel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%84"
    title: "بنی ربل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Nnup%E1%BB%A5isi"
    title: "Benny Nnupụisi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q818071"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2995870"
    title: "Benny Rebel"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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