# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-kooymans
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:54:09.331Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-kooymans"
name: "George Kooymans"
slug: "george-kooymans"
description: "George Jan Kooymans was a Dutch guitarist and vocalist. He was best known as the founder of the Dutch rock group Golden Earring. Kooymans wrote \"Twilight Zone\", the group's only top 10 entry on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, which hit No. 1 on the Billboard Top Album Tracks chart."
tagline: "Dutch musician, songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George_Kooymans_-_Golden_Earring_-_1974.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1948-03-11"
deathDate: "2025-07-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.69574
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1572677/"
    handle:    "nm1572677"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump