# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/franky-zapata
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:45:11.904Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/franky-zapata"
name: "Franky Zapata"
slug: "franky-zapata"
description: "Franky Zapata is a French personal watercraft pilot who is the inventor of the Flyboard and Flyboard Air, and founder of Zapata Racing. Since 2012, Zapata's efforts have been focused on the development and manufacture of personal flyers for land and aquatic applications."
tagline: "French jetski racer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Water_jet_pack.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1978-09-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.15
  momentum:             0.8776978417266188
  historical:           15.34831466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/frankyzapata"
    handle:    "frankyzapata"
sources:
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    title: "Franky Zapata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فرانكي زاباتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Frenki Zapata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Franky Zapata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franky_Zapata"
    title: "Franky Zapata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franky_Zapata"
    title: "Franky Zapata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Φρανκί Ζαπατά"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franky_Zapata"
    title: "Franky Zapata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franky_Zapata"
    title: "Franky Zapata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فرانکی زاپاتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franky_Zapata"
    title: "Franky Zapata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "פרנקי זפאטה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%96%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AF%D5%AB_%D4%B6%D5%A1%D5%BA%D5%A1%D5%BF%D5%A1"
    title: "Ֆրանկի Զապատա"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franky_Zapata"
    title: "Franky Zapata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franky_Zapata"
    title: "Franky Zapata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franky_Zapata"
    title: "Franky Zapata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%2C_%D0%A4%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B8"
    title: "Запата, Фрэнки"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Френкі Запата"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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