# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/donnie-van-zant
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:59:07.426Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/donnie-van-zant"
name: "Donnie Van Zant"
slug: "donnie-van-zant"
description: "Donald Newton Van Zant is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is best known as a member of the band 38 Special, from its formation in 1974 until 2013. Van Zant was the original lead vocalist for the band, appearing in that role on their first two studio albums. He is the middle of three sons; his older brother Ronnie was the original lead singer for Lynyrd Skynyrd who died in a 1977 plane crash in Mississippi, and his younger brother Johnny has been the lead singer for Lynyrd Skynyrd since 1987."
tagline: "American singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/38_Special_at_Simpleman_2011.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1952-06-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.82
  momentum:             1.072194424588992
  historical:           15.09987066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/theofficialvanzantband"
    handle:    "theofficialvanzantband"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2364390/"
    handle:    "nm2364390"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "دونى ڤان زانت"
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    title: "Donnie Van Zant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donnie_Van_Zant"
    title: "Donnie Van Zant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donnie_Van_Zant"
    title: "Donnie Van Zant"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donnie_Van_Zant"
    title: "Donnie Van Zant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donnie_Van_Zant"
    title: "Donnie Van Zant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donnie_Van_Zant"
    title: "Donnie Van Zant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donnie_Van_Zant"
    title: "Donnie Van Zant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donnie_Van_Zant"
    title: "Donnie Van Zant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "도니 반 잰트"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donnie_Van_Zant"
    title: "Donnie Van Zant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%2C_%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B8"
    title: "Ван Зант, Донни"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donnie_Van_Zant"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donnie_Van_Zant"
    title: "Donnie Van Zant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1241987"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Donnie Van Zant"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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