# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pierre-sancan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:35:58.608Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pierre-sancan"
name: "Pierre Sancan"
slug: "pierre-sancan"
description: "Pierre Charles Sancan was a French composer, pianist, teacher and conductor. Along with Olivier Messiaen and Henri Dutilleux, he was a major figure among French musicians in the mid-20th-century transition between modern and contemporary eras, but he is little known outside France."
tagline: "French musician (1916–2008)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1916-10-24"
deathDate: "2008-10-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.26
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.75943333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0760840/"
    handle:    "nm0760840"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2033628"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "پير سانكان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Sancan"
    title: "Pierre Sancan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Sancan"
    title: "Pierre Sancan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Sancan"
    title: "Pierre Sancan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Sancan"
    title: "Pierre Sancan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Sancan"
    title: "Pierre Sancan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Sancan"
    title: "Pierre Sancan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%94%E3%82%A8%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AB%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ピエール・サンカン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9F%D1%8C%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Санкан, Пьер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F'%D1%94%D1%80_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "П'єр Санкан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0098466f-5cb7-48b5-b447-10872e759b06"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q426235"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2596214"
    title: "Pierre Sancan"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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