# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/van-cao
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:16:11.358Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/van-cao"
name: "Văn Cao"
slug: "van-cao"
description: "Văn Cao was a Vietnamese composer whose works include Tiến Quân Ca, which became the national anthem of Vietnam. He, along with Phạm Duy and Trịnh Công Sơn, is widely considered one of the three most salient figures of 20th-century (non-classical) Vietnamese music."
tagline: "Vietnamese composer (1923-1995)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Musician_V%C4%83n_Cao.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1923-11-15"
deathDate: "1995-07-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.96
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.06865733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/3516799"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%88"
    title: "فان كاو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%88"
    title: "ڤان كاو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C4%83n_Cao"
    title: "Văn Cao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C4%83n_Cao"
    title: "Văn Cao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C4%83n_Cao"
    title: "Văn Cao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C4%83n_Cao"
    title: "Văn Cao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C4%83n_Cao"
    title: "Văn Cao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B0%E3%82%A8%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%82%AA"
    title: "グエン・ヴァン・カオ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BE"
    title: "Ван Као"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C4%83n_Cao"
    title: "Văn Cao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C4%83n_Cao"
    title: "Văn Cao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_min_nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C4%83n_Cao"
    title: "Văn Cao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%98%AE%E6%96%87%E9%AB%98"
    title: "阮文高"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikiquote.org/wiki/V%C4%83n_Cao"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9930d5bb-2d47-4b0c-90a0-70e4741e139f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q967468"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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