# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-anthony-q507215
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:01:47.546Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-anthony-q507215"
name: "Michael Anthony"
slug: "michael-anthony-q507215"
description: "Michael Anthony Sobolewski is an American musician who was the bassist and backing vocalist for the hard rock band Van Halen from 1974 to 2006. He performed on Van Halen's first 11 albums and was their longest-tenured bassist. After he left in 2006, Anthony collaborated with fellow former Van Halen bandmate Sammy Hagar in the supergroups Chickenfoot and Sammy Hagar and the Circle. He also markets a line of hot sauces named Mad Anthony and related products. Anthony was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Van Halen in 2007."
tagline: "American bassist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_Anthony_(bassist).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1954-06-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55.21
  momentum:             0.4583316066470515
  historical:           19.04186533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "5TdAJhP3q5WwIy9wj4EsxT"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://madanthonycafe.com"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Michael Anthony"
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    title: "Michael Anthony (musician)"
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    title: "Michael Anthony"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Anthony"
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    title: "Michael Anthony"
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    title: "마이클 앤서니"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Anthony"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Anthony"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump