# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/heinz-winckler
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:16:29.152Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/heinz-winckler"
name: "Heinz Winckler"
slug: "heinz-winckler"
description: "Heinz Carl Heinrich Winckler is a South African singer and the winner of the first series of South African Idols and is also an actor."
tagline: "South African singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Winckler%2C_Heinz_(Canon)_2.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: "1978-03-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.38
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.949713333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     49.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1525528/"
    handle:    "nm1525528"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.heinzw.co.za"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5b8134ff-cd92-4bbf-9606-5c0dba49c62a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_Winckler"
    title: "Heinz Winckler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_Winckler"
    title: "Heinz Winckler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_Winckler"
    title: "Heinz Winckler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_Winckler"
    title: "Heinz Winckler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_Winckler"
    title: "Heinz Winckler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q337072"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1482161"
    title: "Heinz Winckler"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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