# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/piet-botha
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:38:52.889Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/piet-botha"
name: "Piet Botha"
slug: "piet-botha"
description: "Piet Botha was a South African musician and the frontman of the South African rock band Jack Hammer, which has been an opening act for bands such as ZZ Top, Deep Purple and Uriah Heep. He also performed solo."
tagline: "South African rock musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Piet_Botha.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
birthDate: "1955-07-18"
deathDate: "2019-06-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.46
  momentum:             0.8615384615384616
  historical:           4.425416
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.pietbotha.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet_Botha"
    title: "Piet Botha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7"
    title: "بييت بوتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet_Botha_(musician)"
    title: "Piet Botha (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet_Botha"
    title: "Piet Botha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/43505787-357e-4272-b981-2669f4d5818d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10993629"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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