# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/aafje-heynis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:23:05.799Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/aafje-heynis"
name: "Aafje Heynis"
slug: "aafje-heynis"
description: "Aafje Heynis was a Dutch contralto. In 1961, she was awarded the Harriet Cohen International Music Award. A tea rose, hybridised by Buisman 1964, was named after her. She died on 16 December 2015, aged 91."
tagline: "Dutch singer (1924-2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aafje_Heynis.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Netherlands"
  isoCode: "NL"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1924-05-02"
deathDate: "2015-12-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.43
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.348813333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1287466/"
    handle:    "nm1287466"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/855759"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aafje_Heynis"
    title: "Aafje Heynis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aafje_Heynis"
    title: "Aafje Heynis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aafje_Heynis"
    title: "Aafje Heynis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aafje_Heynis"
    title: "Aafje Heynis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aafje_Heynis"
    title: "Aafje Heynis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aafje_Heynis"
    title: "Aafje Heynis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aafje_Heynis"
    title: "Aafje Heynis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Aafje_Heynis"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d898491d-3069-4a11-9c07-4ed42ad0ea90"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1848982"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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