# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-pleeth
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:02:07.364Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-pleeth"
name: "William Pleeth"
slug: "william-pleeth"
description: "William Pleeth OBE was a well-known British cellist and an eminent teacher, who became widely known as the teacher of Jacqueline du Pré."
tagline: "British cellist (1916–1999)"
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: "1916-01-12"
deathDate: "1999-04-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.82
  momentum:             0.9718670076726342
  historical:           11.815444
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1822472/"
    handle:    "nm1822472"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%9F%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%82"
    title: "Вільям Пліт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/30af5adf-71cc-4b02-8b88-6ed9b9b4bdb3"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Pleeth"
    title: "William Pleeth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AB"
    title: "وليام بليث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Pleeth"
    title: "William Pleeth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Pleeth"
    title: "William Pleeth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9D_%D7%A4%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%AA'"
    title: "ויליאם פלית'"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Pleeth"
    title: "William Pleeth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%97%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ウィリアム・プリース"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Pleeth"
    title: "William Pleeth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%82%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC"
    title: "Плит, Уильям"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Pleeth"
    title: "William Pleeth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116747"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4972803"
    title: "William Pleeth"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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