# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lou-bandy
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:56:08.739Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lou-bandy"
name: "Lou Bandy"
slug: "lou-bandy"
description: "Lodewijk Ferdinand Dieben, better known under his pseudonym Lou Bandy, was a Dutch singer and conferencier who was one of the most popular artists in the Netherlands, between both world wars. Among his most famous songs are: Zoek de zon op, Schep vreugde in het leven and Louise zit niet op je nagels te bijten."
tagline: "Dutch singer and conferencier"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lou_Bandy_1938.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1890-04-19"
deathDate: "1959-06-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.16
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.818288
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0051802/"
    handle:    "nm0051802"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/612691"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Bandy"
    title: "Lou Bandy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Bandy"
    title: "Lou Bandy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Bandy"
    title: "Lou Bandy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Bandy"
    title: "Lou Bandy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BA_%D0%94%D1%96%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Лодевейк Дібен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/be9127d7-0331-4735-8730-688582c71bc9"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q303834"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1204487"
    title: "Lou Bandy"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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