# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willie-bester
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:17:07.799Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willie-bester"
name: "Willie Bester"
slug: "willie-bester"
description: "Willie Bester is a South African painter, sculptor and collage artist. He is best known for his role in the protesting of the apartheid system through his artwork. He currently lives in Kuilsrivier, South Africa with his wife, Evelyn and their three children."
tagline: "South African artist (born 1956)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1956"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.84
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.00828
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ig.wikiquote.org/wiki/Willie_Bester"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "ويلى بيستر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Bester"
    title: "Willie Bester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Bester"
    title: "Willie Bester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Bester"
    title: "Willie Bester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Bester"
    title: "Willie Bester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Bester"
    title: "Willie Bester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Bester"
    title: "Willie Bester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Bester"
    title: "Willie Bester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Bester"
    title: "Willie Bester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Bester"
    title: "Willie Bester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q520862"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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