# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-onyeabor
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:56:47.638Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-onyeabor"
name: "William Onyeabor"
slug: "william-onyeabor"
description: "William Ezechukwu Onyeabor was a Nigerian funk musician and businessman. His music was widely heard in Nigeria in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Despite his success, he remained an enigmatic, private, and reclusive figure."
tagline: "Nigerian funk musician"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/01/William_Onyeabor_resize.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Nigeria"
  isoCode: "NG"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1946-03-26"
deathDate: "2017-01-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.91
  momentum:             3.562231759656651
  historical:           11.97725866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/WilliamOnyeabor"
    handle:    "WilliamOnyeabor"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6307102/"
    handle:    "nm6307102"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/755pQSGUy6rtPrUCbnJTvi"
    handle:    "William Onyeabor"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "ويليام اونيايبور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Onyeabor"
    title: "William Onyeabor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Onyeabor"
    title: "William Onyeabor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Onyeabor"
    title: "William Onyeabor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Onyeabor"
    title: "William Onyeabor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Onyeabor"
    title: "William Onyeabor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Onyeabor"
    title: "William Onyeabor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://knc.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Onyeabor"
    title: "William Onyeabor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Onyeabor"
    title: "William Onyeabor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Onyeabor"
    title: "William Onyeabor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Onyeabor"
    title: "William Onyeabor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Onyeabor"
    title: "William Onyeabor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/53dd0229-8a42-4bd7-8ffb-29bdec25e9c6"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8016354"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1721608"
    title: "William Onyeabor"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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