# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cecil-williams
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:50:09.255Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cecil-williams"
name: "Cecil Williams"
slug: "cecil-williams"
description: "Cecil Williams (1906–1979) was a gay English–South African theatre director and anti-apartheid activist who assisted Nelson Mandela during his period in hiding. On 5 August 1962, Williams was arrested alongside Mandela while driving him in an Austin Westminster near Howick, KwaZulu-Natal."
tagline: "British politician (1909-1979)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cecil_williams_ubrax_library_collection.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1909"
deathDate: "1979"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.99
  momentum:             15
  historical:           6.357093333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Williams_(aktivis_anti-apartheid)"
    title: "Cecil Williams (aktivis anti-apartheid)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "سيسيل وليامز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "سيسيل وليامز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Williams"
    title: "Cecil Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Williams_(anti-apartheid_activist)"
    title: "Cecil Williams (anti-apartheid activist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Williams"
    title: "Cecil Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Williams_(anti-apartheid_activist)"
    title: "Cecil Williams (anti-apartheid activist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q183409"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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