# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eddie-van-halen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:32:25.446Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eddie-van-halen"
name: "Eddie Van Halen"
slug: "eddie-van-halen"
description: "Edward Lodewijk Van Halen was an American musician and songwriter. He was the guitarist, keyboardist, backing vocalist, and one of the primary songwriters of the rock band Van Halen, which he founded with his brother Alex Van Halen in 1972."
tagline: "Dutch-American rock guitarist (1955–2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eddie_Van_Halen_at_the_New_Haven_Coliseum.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: "1955-01-26"
deathDate: "2020-10-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           61.69
  momentum:             0
  historical:           30.648588
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "eddievanhalen"
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    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/eddievanhalen/"
    handle:    "eddievanhalen"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
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    handle:    "eddievanhalen"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
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    handle:    "nm0887007"
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    handle:    "3ToiJ0Z0ZV33bRPrW0y4Ci"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.van-halen.com/"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "إيدي فان هيلين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ايدى فان هيلين"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ادی ون هیلن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Eddie Van Halen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Van_Halen"
    title: "Eddie Van Halen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_van_Halen"
    title: "Eddie van Halen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Eddie Van Halen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Eddie Van Halen"
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    title: "Eddie Van Halen"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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