# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frankie-yankovic
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:31:08.541Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frankie-yankovic"
name: "Frankie Yankovic"
slug: "frankie-yankovic"
description: "Frank John Yankovic was an American accordion player and polka musician. Known as \"America's Polka King\", Yankovic was considered the premier artist to play in the Slovenian style during his long career. He shares no relation to fellow accordionist \"Weird Al\" Yankovic."
tagline: "Slovenian-American musician (1915-1998)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frank_Yankovic_1958.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1915-07-28"
deathDate: "1998-10-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.4
  momentum:             7.604620182379637
  historical:           9.159336
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0946149/"
    handle:    "nm0946149"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1568464"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D9%89_%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D9%88%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4"
    title: "فرانكى يانكوفيتش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Yankovic"
    title: "Frankie Yankovic"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Yankovic"
    title: "Frankie Yankovic"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Yankovic"
    title: "Frankie Yankovic"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Yankovic"
    title: "Frankie Yankovic"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Yankovic"
    title: "Frankie Yankovic"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BA%2C_%D0%A4%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B8"
    title: "Янковик, Фрэнки"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Yankovic"
    title: "Frankie Yankovic"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Yankovic"
    title: "Frankie Yankovic"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/71ae1712-9381-4b5f-915b-bb125f7764b7"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q150272"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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