# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/martin-pistorius
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:59:10.120Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/martin-pistorius"
name: "Martin Pistorius"
slug: "martin-pistorius"
description: "Martin Pistorius is a South African man who had locked-in syndrome and was unable to move or communicate for 7 years."
tagline: "South African author and web developer"
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: "1975-12-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.64
  momentum:             0.0635593220338983
  historical:           5.20608
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  234
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/martinpistorius"
    handle:    "martinpistorius"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/martinpistorius/"
    handle:    "martinpistorius"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/martin.pistorius"
    handle:    "martin.pistorius"
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinpistorius/"
    handle:    "martinpistorius"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.martinpistorius.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "مارتين پيستوريوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Pistorius"
    title: "Martin Pistorius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Pistorius"
    title: "Martin Pistorius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Pistorius"
    title: "Martin Pistorius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Pistorius"
    title: "Martin Pistorius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20011313"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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