# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jan-akkerman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:20:04.382Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jan-akkerman"
name: "Jan Akkerman"
slug: "jan-akkerman"
description: "Jan Akkerman is a Dutch guitarist. He first found international commercial success with the band Focus, which he co-founded with Thijs van Leer. After leaving Focus, he continued as a solo musician, adding jazz rock influences."
tagline: "Dutch guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jan_Akkerman_-_TopPop_1974_07.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1946-12-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.94
  momentum:             0
  historical:           18.69916
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2132147/"
    handle:    "nm2132147"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.janakkerman.nl/"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Jan Akkerman"
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    title: "Jan Akkerman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Akkerman"
    title: "Jan Akkerman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jan Akkerman"
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  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Akkerman"
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    title: "Jan Akkerman"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jan Akkerman"
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  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Akkerman"
    title: "Jan Akkerman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jan Akkerman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Akkerman"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Аккерман, Ян"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jan Akkerman"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump