# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francois-kevorkian
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:36:01.342Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/francois-kevorkian"
name: "François Kevorkian"
slug: "francois-kevorkian"
description: "François Kevorkian, also known by the stage name François K, is a French DJ, producer, remixer and record label owner of Armenian descent and based in the United States of America, who started his career DJing in clubs such as the Paradise Garage and Studio 54. Kevorkian has produced and remixed work by a diverse range of musicians including the Smiths, Adam Ant, Kraftwerk, Pet Shop Boys, Depeche Mode, Diana Ross, Gloria Estefan and U2, and is considered one of the forefathers of house music."
tagline: "French-Armenian record producer and DJ"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Francois_K_at_MCW_2017.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1954-01-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.88
  momentum:             0.9836065573770492
  historical:           11.868616
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/fknyc"
    handle:    "fknyc"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/francoisknyc/"
    handle:    "francoisknyc"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/FrancoisKNYC"
    handle:    "FrancoisKNYC"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1385053/"
    handle:    "nm1385053"
  - platform:  "TWITCH"
    url:       "https://www.twitch.tv/francoisknyc"
    handle:    "francoisknyc"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "فرنسوا كيفوركيان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "فرنسوا كيفوركيان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7_%D9%82%D8%A6%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%82%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "فرانسوا قئورقیان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Kevorkian"
    title: "François Kevorkian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Kevorkian"
    title: "François Kevorkian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Kevorkian"
    title: "François Kevorkian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7_%DA%AF%D8%A6%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "فرانسوا گئورگیان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Kevorkian"
    title: "François Kevorkian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Kevorkian"
    title: "François Kevorkian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Kevorkian"
    title: "François Kevorkian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%8F%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B0"
    title: "Кеворкян, Франсуа"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/093b79fc-d913-4580-8403-c2430f7a18ee"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1135695"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1926601"
    title: "François Kevorkian"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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