# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francois-van-coke
# Generated: 2026-08-31T17:01:02.250Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/francois-van-coke"
name: "Francois Van Coke"
slug: "francois-van-coke"
description: "Francois Badenhorst, better known by his stage name Francois Van Coke, is a South African singer-songwriter known both as the frontman of the rock bands Fokofpolisiekar and Van Coke Kartel and as a solo artist."
tagline: "South African singer (born 1980)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Francois_van_coke-1442558278.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1980-09-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           64.61
  momentum:             5.282199866439758
  historical:           5.961053333333334
  currentAttention:     23.47242921013413
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  47
  category: null
totalFollowers: 52600
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/francoisvancoke"
    handle:    "francoisvancoke"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/francois.vancoke"
    handle:    "francois.vancoke"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/7pJtnZQLPJmqzVfdIz7eFF"
    handle:    "7pJtnZQLPJmqzVfdIz7eFF"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.francoisvancoke.co.za/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz_ziNgd5Mut-2WGhi5ofbg"
    handle:    "@francoisvancokekanniedood"
    followers: 52600
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/3107642"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francois_van_Coke"
    title: "Francois van Coke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%83"
    title: "فرانسوا فان كوك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%83"
    title: "فرانسوا فان كوك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francois_Van_Coke"
    title: "Francois Van Coke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francois_van_Coke"
    title: "Francois van Coke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/903cc4c9-1078-4af6-9da1-b612ca4b4074"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15875346"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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