# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benoit-sokal
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:43:49.805Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benoit-sokal"
name: "Benoît Sokal"
slug: "benoit-sokal"
description: "Benoît Sokal was a Belgian comic artist and video game developer, best known for his comics series Inspector Canardo, and the Syberia adventure game franchise."
tagline: "Belgian comic writer, video game developer (1954–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Quai_des_Bulles_2010_-_Beno%C3%AEt_Sokal.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1954-06-28"
deathDate: "2021-05-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.384105960264901
  historical:           19.20440266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm1785811"
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    title: "Benoît Sokal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump