# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-weikath
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:11:25.834Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-weikath"
name: "Michael Weikath"
slug: "michael-weikath"
description: "Michael Ingo Joachim \"Weiki\" Weikath is a German musician, best known as a founding member and one of the guitarists of pioneering power metal band Helloween."
tagline: "German guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Helloween_2016-3.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1962-08-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.91
  momentum:             3.619047619047618
  historical:           20.619492
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2062512/"
    handle:    "nm2062512"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ميتشايل ويكاث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "میشائل وایکات"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Weikath"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Weikath"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Μίχαελ Βάικατ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Weikath"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Weikath"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Weikath"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Weikath"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Weikath"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "マイケル・ヴァイカート"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "მიხაელ ვაიკათი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Weikath"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Weikath"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Weikath"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Вайкат, Михаэль"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Weikath"
    title: "Michael Weikath"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Weikath"
    title: "Michael Weikath"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%96%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%82"
    title: "Міхаель Вайкат"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/04a8692f-b0fb-423a-81cb-83f59e0be6d3"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q372797"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1084191"
    title: "Michael Weikath"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump