# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francois-craenhals
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:29:37.463Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/francois-craenhals"
name: "François Craenhals"
slug: "francois-craenhals"
description: "François Craenhals was a Belgian comics artist best known for the comic series Chevalier Ardent and Les 4 As."
tagline: "Comics artist (1926–2004)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fran%C3%A7ois_Craenhals.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1926-11-15"
deathDate: "2004-08-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.23
  momentum:             4.675324675324674
  historical:           7.414580000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Craenhals"
    title: "François Craenhals"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Craenhals"
    title: "François Craenhals"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Craenhals"
    title: "François Craenhals"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Craenhals"
    title: "François Craenhals"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7_%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3"
    title: "فرانسوا کرانهالس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Craenhals"
    title: "François Craenhals"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Craenhals"
    title: "François Craenhals"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Craenhals"
    title: "François Craenhals"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1364275"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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