# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dan-zimmermann
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:38:26.755Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dan-zimmermann"
name: "Dan Zimmermann"
slug: "dan-zimmermann"
description: "Daniel Hans Erwin Zimmermann is a retired German heavy metal drummer. He is best known as having been the drummer of German power metal bands Gamma Ray and Freedom Call. He was a founding member of Freedom Call, from which he departed in 2010. Two years later he also left Gamma Ray, announcing a retirement from the music business in 2012."
tagline: "German drummer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dan_Zimmermann_11oct2005.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: "1966-10-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.47
  momentum:             5.611510791366905
  historical:           10.28837466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.dan-zimmermann.de"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/649387"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "دان تسيمرمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Zimmermann"
    title: "Dan Zimmermann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Zimmermann"
    title: "Dan Zimmermann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Zimmermann"
    title: "Dan Zimmermann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Zimmermann"
    title: "Dan Zimmermann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Zimmermann"
    title: "Dan Zimmermann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Zimmermann"
    title: "Dan Zimmermann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Zimmermann"
    title: "Dan Zimmermann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A6%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Циммерман, Дан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Zimmermann"
    title: "Dan Zimmermann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/37b3d018-8c07-4861-b13c-9566b1eb90d9"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2714523"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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