# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-thomas-best
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:20:59.090Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-thomas-best"
name: "William Thomas Best"
slug: "william-thomas-best"
description: "William Thomas Best was an English organist and composer."
tagline: "English organist (1826-1897)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William-Thomas-Best.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1826-08-13"
deathDate: "1897-05-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.2
  momentum:             4.184397163120568
  historical:           8.340533333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/4650925"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "ويليام توماس بيست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Thomas_Best"
    title: "William Thomas Best"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Thomas_Best"
    title: "William Thomas Best"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Thomas_Best"
    title: "William Thomas Best"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Thomas_Best"
    title: "William Thomas Best"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Thomas_Best"
    title: "William Thomas Best"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%81"
    title: "Бест, Уильям Томас"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Thomas_Best"
    title: "William Thomas Best"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a52c04e2-406f-4f72-98f9-cfef4b4de36e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q352131"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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