# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zerocalcare
# Generated: 2026-08-31T13:48:25.134Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zerocalcare"
name: "Zerocalcare"
slug: "zerocalcare"
description: "Michele Rech, known professionally as Zerocalcare, is an Italian cartoonist. His pen name, literally meaning \"zero limescale\", was inspired by an Italian TV commercial jingle for a descaler product, and was chosen when he needed a nickname to quickly join a discussion on the Internet."
tagline: "Italian comic book creator (1983-)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zerocalcare_-_Lucca_Comics_and_Games_2012.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Italy"
  isoCode: "IT"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1983-12-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           79.67
  momentum:             10
  historical:           27.30128266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  30
  category: 11
totalFollowers: 104000
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/zerocalcare"
    handle:    "zerocalcare"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/zerocalcare/"
    handle:    "zerocalcare"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/100044154743385"
    handle:    "100044154743385"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8570840/"
    handle:    "nm8570840"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.zerocalcare.it"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq9c2ed5cO7j9DOXtDvwbhA"
    handle:    "@zerocalcare"
    followers: 104000
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Zerocalcare"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zerocalcare"
    title: "Zerocalcare"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zerocalcare"
    title: "Zerocalcare"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zerocalcare"
    title: "Zerocalcare"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zerocalcare"
    title: "Zerocalcare"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zerocalcare"
    title: "Zerocalcare"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zerocalcare"
    title: "Zerocalcare"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zerocalcare"
    title: "Zerocalcare"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%A9%D8%B1"
    title: "زیروکالکر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zerocalcare"
    title: "Zerocalcare"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zerocalcare"
    title: "Zerocalcare"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BC%E3%83%AD%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AC"
    title: "ゼロカルカーレ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A0%9C%EB%A1%9C%EC%B9%BC%EC%B9%B4%EB%A0%88"
    title: "제로칼카레"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zerocalcare"
    title: "Zerocalcare"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zerocalcare"
    title: "Zerocalcare"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zerocalcare"
    title: "Zerocalcare"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikiquote.org/wiki/Zerocalcare"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4024265"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2091858"
    title: "Zerocalcare"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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