# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bheki-mseleku
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:03:51.093Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bheki-mseleku"
name: "Bheki Mseleku"
slug: "bheki-mseleku"
description: "Bhekumuzi Hyacinth Mseleku, commonly known as Bheki Mseleku, was a South African jazz musician. He was a pianist, saxophonist, guitarist, composer, and arranger who was entirely self-taught."
tagline: "South African musician (1955–2008)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6e/Bheki_Mseleku.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1955-03-03"
deathDate: "2008-09-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.39
  momentum:             10.27397260273973
  historical:           7.479338666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/38198"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%89_%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88"
    title: "بهيكى مسيليكو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bheki_Mseleku"
    title: "Bheki Mseleku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bheki_Mseleku"
    title: "Bheki Mseleku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bheki_Mseleku"
    title: "Bheki Mseleku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bheki_Mseleku"
    title: "Bheki Mseleku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bheki_Mseleku"
    title: "Bheki Mseleku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bheki_Mseleku"
    title: "Bheki Mseleku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1c1c5264-ab73-4af4-84a0-ceb18b928f30"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q854935"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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