# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/niko-bessinger
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:42:56.488Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/niko-bessinger"
name: "Niko Bessinger"
slug: "niko-bessinger"
description: "Nikolaus Onverwag 'Niko' Bessinger was a Namibian politician and independence activist."
tagline: "Namibian politician (1948-2008)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1948-06-12"
deathDate: "2008-03-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.76
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.270734666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niko_Bessinger"
    title: "Niko Bessinger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "نيكو بيسينجير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niko_Bessinger"
    title: "Niko Bessinger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niko_Bessinger"
    title: "Niko Bessinger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niko_Bessinger"
    title: "Niko Bessinger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niko_Bessinger"
    title: "Niko Bessinger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2695480"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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