# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/louw-wepener
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:11:36.728Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/louw-wepener"
name: "Louw Wepener"
slug: "louw-wepener"
description: "Lourens Jacobus (Louw) Wepener was born on 21 July 1812. He was the son of a German immigrant – Frederick Jacobus Wepener – and a Cape Colony woman – Johanna Maria Erasmus. Wepener was born in Graaf-Reinet and lived with his uncle – Lourens. He was christened by Reverend Andrew Murray of the Dutch Reformed Church. Wepener was first married to Hester Susanna Nel and then later to Hilletje Maria Levina Van Aardt. He had nine children with his second wife."
tagline: "Afrikaner military leader"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Louw_Wepener_Grave_Bethulie03.JPG/330px-Louw_Wepener_Grave_Bethulie03.JPG"
gender: "male"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1812-07-21"
deathDate: "1865-08-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.08
  momentum:             1.153846153846154
  historical:           4.804104
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louw_Wepener"
    title: "Louw Wepener"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louw_Wepener"
    title: "Louw Wepener"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louw_Wepener"
    title: "Louw Wepener"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louw_Wepener"
    title: "Louw Wepener"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louw_Wepener"
    title: "Louw Wepener"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6689896"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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