# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/victor-silvester
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:24:36.662Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/victor-silvester"
name: "Victor Silvester"
slug: "victor-silvester"
description: "Victor Marlborough Silvester was an English dancer, writer, musician and bandleader from the British dance band era. He was a significant figure in the development of ballroom dance during the first half of the 20th century, and his records sold 75 million copies from the 1930s through to the 1980s."
tagline: "British dancer (1900–1978)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Intocht_van_Victor_Silvester_in_Blokker_t.g.v._het_muziekfestival%2C_Bestanddeelnr_910-3533_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1900-02-25"
deathDate: "1978-08-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.81
  momentum:             0.5607476635514019
  historical:           7.285458666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0799102/"
    handle:    "nm0799102"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1351658"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "ڤيكتور سيلڤيستير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Silvester"
    title: "Victor Silvester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Silvester"
    title: "Victor Silvester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80"
    title: "Сильвестер, Виктор"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Silvester"
    title: "Victor Silvester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%A1%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Віктор Сільвестер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/799bb01c-7e91-420c-83e7-74c10a0dd25e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7926345"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5972217"
    title: "Victor Silvester"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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