# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hansi-kursch
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:02:36.477Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hansi-kursch"
name: "Hansi Kürsch"
slug: "hansi-kursch"
description: "Hans Jürgen \"Hansi\" Kürsch is a German singer, best known as a member of the power metal band Blind Guardian. One of the founders of the band, he has been its lead vocalist since its creation in 1984, and also acted as the band's bass guitarist until 1996."
tagline: "German heavy metal singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hansi_K%C3%BCrsch_Blind_Guardian_-_2024215204633_2024-08-02_Wacken_-_Sven_-_1D_X_MK_II_-_1989_-_AK8I4699_(cropped).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: "1966-08-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.6
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.22895466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1727546/"
    handle:    "nm1727546"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1i2HdFlSkR6lQ1ZdPAaekO"
    handle:    "1i2HdFlSkR6lQ1ZdPAaekO"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "هانسى كورستش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansi_K%C3%BCrsch"
    title: "Hansi Kürsch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansi_K%C3%BCrsch"
    title: "Hansi Kürsch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansi_K%C3%BCrsch"
    title: "Hansi Kürsch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansi_K%C3%BCrsch"
    title: "Hansi Kürsch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B4"
    title: "هانسی کورش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansi_K%C3%BCrsch"
    title: "Hansi Kürsch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansi_K%C3%BCrsch"
    title: "Hansi Kürsch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "הנזי קירש"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hansi Kürsch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansi_K%C3%BCrsch"
    title: "Hansi Kürsch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansi_K%C3%BCrsch"
    title: "Hansi Kürsch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioannes_Georgius_Kursch"
    title: "Ioannes Georgius Kursch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansi_K%C3%BCrsch"
    title: "Hansi Kürsch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ханси Кирш"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hansi Kürsch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hansi Kürsch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansi_K%C3%BCrsch"
    title: "Hansi Kürsch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%8E%D1%80%D1%88%2C_%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B8"
    title: "Кюрш, Ханси"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansi_K%C3%BCrsch"
    title: "Hansi Kürsch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ханси Кирш"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansi_K%C3%BCrsch"
    title: "Hansi Kürsch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansi_K%C3%BCrsch"
    title: "Hansi Kürsch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%96_%D0%9A%D1%8E%D1%80%D1%88"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57752"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1584572"
    title: "Hansi Kürsch"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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