# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dinand-woesthoff
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:53:30.023Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dinand-woesthoff"
name: "Dinand Woesthoff"
slug: "dinand-woesthoff"
description: "Marco Frank Ferdinand \"Dinand\" Woesthoff is a Dutch singer. He was formerly the lead vocalist of the rock band Kane, which he formed in 1998 with Dennis van Leeuwen, and which was active until 2014 and again from 2023 until 2025. The band is noted for having achieved multiple number-one singles on the Dutch Top 40 and albums on the Dutch Albums Chart. In addition to his musical career, Woesthoff is known as an animal rights activist, and he appeared as a list candidate for the Party for the Animals in the 2017 Dutch general election."
tagline: "Dutch musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kane_3FM_Serious_Request_2012.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Netherlands"
  isoCode: "NL"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1972-09-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.15
  momentum:             0.2256317689530686
  historical:           7.281576
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/IAMDINAND"
    handle:    "IAMDINAND"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1507430/"
    handle:    "nm1507430"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/292131"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinand_Woesthoff"
    title: "Dinand Woesthoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinand_Woesthoff"
    title: "Dinand Woesthoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinand_Woesthoff"
    title: "Dinand Woesthoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinand_Woesthoff"
    title: "Dinand Woesthoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinand_Woesthoff"
    title: "Dinand Woesthoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinand_Woesthoff"
    title: "Dinand Woesthoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/bb318f29-152d-4408-b89e-26dfab323a76"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1226264"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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