# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francoise-cactus
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:34:05.001Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/francoise-cactus"
name: "Françoise Cactus"
slug: "francoise-cactus"
description: "Françoise Cactus, born Françoise van Hove, was a French musician and author, active in Berlin, Germany, best known as co-founder, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist in the band Stereo Total. Cactus wrote several novels as well as contributing to German papers such as Die Tageszeitung."
tagline: "French writer and singer (1958-2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fran%C3%A7oise_Cactus_and_Jenine_-_the_duet.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1958-05-05"
deathDate: "2021-02-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.42
  momentum:             0.08885850991114151
  historical:           6.653136
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1312329/"
    handle:    "nm1312329"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/dadb3c90-a89b-4322-b41b-460e78205a55"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/47619"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B2_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "فرانسواز كاكتوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7oise_Cactus"
    title: "Françoise Cactus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7oise_Cactus"
    title: "Françoise Cactus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7oise_Cactus"
    title: "Françoise Cactus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7oise_Cactus"
    title: "Françoise Cactus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7oise_Cactus"
    title: "Françoise Cactus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q126792"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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