# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/martijn-westerholt
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:55:03.201Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/martijn-westerholt"
name: "Martijn Westerholt"
slug: "martijn-westerholt"
description: "David Martijn Westerholt is a Dutch musician and the founder, keyboardist and main songwriter of the symphonic metal band Delain. He was previously a member of symphonic metal band Within Temptation, until he was diagnosed with infectious mononucleosis shortly after the release of Within Temptation's second studio album, Mother Earth. His brother Robert is the guitarist and founder of Within Temptation. He has lived in Zwolle, since studying Communication at Windesheim College in 1998."
tagline: "Dutch keyboardist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Martijn-westerholt-delain2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Netherlands"
  isoCode: "NL"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1979-03-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.18
  momentum:             2.254385964912281
  historical:           9.450292000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/martijnwesterholt/"
    handle:    "martijnwesterholt"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/martijn.westerholt"
    handle:    "martijn.westerholt"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/254736"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A%DA%86%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA"
    title: "مارتيچن ويستيرولت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martijn_Westerholt"
    title: "Martijn Westerholt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martijn_Westerholt"
    title: "Martijn Westerholt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martijn_Westerholt"
    title: "Martijn Westerholt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martijn_Westerholt"
    title: "Martijn Westerholt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martijn_Westerholt"
    title: "Martijn Westerholt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martijn_Westerholt"
    title: "Martijn Westerholt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martijn_Westerholt"
    title: "Martijn Westerholt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD"
    title: "Вестерхольт, Мартейн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/48683f03-879a-42af-925e-1008ab4f99b0"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2397859"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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