# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/volker-hinkel
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:35:25.179Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/volker-hinkel"
name: "Volker Hinkel"
slug: "volker-hinkel"
description: "Volker Hinkel is a German musician, composer and producer, best known as a founding member of the pop rock band Fool's Garden. Volker is a co-author of almost all the band's songs, and he is also actively involved in production and promotion of the band's releases. As part of Fool's Garden, he plays guitar, performs vocals and backing vocals."
tagline: "German rock musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fools_Garden_blacksheep_2016_1802.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1965-06-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.49
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.81062
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/477813"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%D9%88%D9%84%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "ڤولكير هينكيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volker_Hinkel"
    title: "Volker Hinkel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volker_Hinkel"
    title: "Volker Hinkel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volker_Hinkel"
    title: "Volker Hinkel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%2C_%D0%A4%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Хинкель, Фолькер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volker_Hinkel"
    title: "Volker Hinkel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f3eda86a-6059-44b8-a0f0-f7586c354bbf"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4016136"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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