# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/claude-francois-q365985
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:20:51.223Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/claude-francois-q365985"
name: "Claude François"
slug: "claude-francois-q365985"
description: "Claude Antoine Marie François, also known by the nickname Cloclo, was a French pop singer, composer, songwriter, record producer, drummer and dancer. François co-wrote the lyrics of \"Comme d'habitude\", the original version of \"My Way\", and composed the music of \"Parce que je t'aime mon enfant\", the original version of \"My Boy\". Among his other famous songs are \"Le Téléphone Pleure\", \"Le lundi au soleil\", \"Magnolias for Ever\" and \"Alexandrie Alexandra\". He also enjoyed considerable success with French-language versions of English-language songs, including \"Belles! Belles! Belles!\", \"Cette année là\" and \"Je vais à Rio\"."
tagline: "French pop singer, songwriter and dancer (1939–1978)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Claude_Francois_1965-4.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "FR"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1939-02-01"
deathDate: "1978-03-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     85
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  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 9420
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump