# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-hester
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:15:38.178Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-hester"
name: "Paul Hester"
slug: "paul-hester"
description: "Paul Newell Hester was an Australian musician and television personality. He was the drummer for the band Split Enz from November 1983 until their break-up in December 1984. Hester was also a co-founding member of the band Crowded House, for which he served as drummer."
tagline: "Australian musician (1959–2005)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul-hester-sf-np1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1959-01-08"
deathDate: "2005-03-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.08
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.103984
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0381687/"
    handle:    "nm0381687"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84_%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "بول هيستر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Hester"
    title: "Paul Hester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Hester"
    title: "Paul Hester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Hester"
    title: "Paul Hester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Hester"
    title: "Paul Hester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Hester"
    title: "Paul Hester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Hester"
    title: "Paul Hester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Hester"
    title: "Paul Hester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Hester"
    title: "Paul Hester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Hester"
    title: "Paul Hester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Hester"
    title: "Paul Hester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Hester"
    title: "Paul Hester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/eb668359-d335-427e-8a64-f317454714b5"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2142982"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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