# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joel-hoekstra
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:33:22.737Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joel-hoekstra"
name: "Joel Hoekstra"
slug: "joel-hoekstra"
description: "Joel Hoekstra is an American musician best known for his position as one of the final guitarists of the hard rock band Whitesnake. He also tours as a guitarist for Trans-Siberian Orchestra. The son of classical musicians, he started out playing cello and piano at a young age, but it was hearing Angus Young of AC/DC that inspired him to start playing the guitar. He was raised in the suburbs of Chicago, in Orland Park, but has lived in New York City since 2001."
tagline: "American guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/15.07.2019_-_Whitesnake%2C_Saint-Petersburg_(48302052726)_(cropped).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: "1970-12-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.54
  momentum:             4.131590467851839
  historical:           7.832302666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/JoelHoekstra13"
    handle:    "JoelHoekstra13"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/JoelHoekstra13"
    handle:    "JoelHoekstra13"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5088199/"
    handle:    "nm5088199"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.joelhoekstra.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1002298"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "چويل هويكسترا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Hoekstra"
    title: "Joel Hoekstra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Hoekstra"
    title: "Joel Hoekstra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Hoekstra"
    title: "Joel Hoekstra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Hoekstra"
    title: "Joel Hoekstra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Hoekstra"
    title: "Joel Hoekstra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c33ea9dd-818c-4935-809e-44194ee3ee29"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6213567"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2077065"
    title: "Joel Hoekstra"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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