# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/piet-veerman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:18:09.250Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/piet-veerman"
name: "Piet Veerman"
slug: "piet-veerman"
description: "Piet Veerman is a Dutch pop musician. From 1964 to 1985 he was a guitarist and singer for The Cats, and since 1968 the lead singer for all the singles of this band. He released a first solo album in 1975 but started his solo career definitely in 1987 after The Cats broke up for the last time. During his career, Veerman received more than thirty gold records."
tagline: "Dutch singer and composer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Piet_Veerman.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1943-03-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.65
  momentum:             7.022471910112359
  historical:           7.093312
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.pietveerman.nl"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/367297"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%AA_%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "پيت ڤيرمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet_Veerman"
    title: "Piet Veerman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet_Veerman"
    title: "Piet Veerman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet_Veerman"
    title: "Piet Veerman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet_Veerman"
    title: "Piet Veerman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet_Veerman"
    title: "Piet Veerman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ea98ec56-8ce2-42e2-b653-b5c649ec4065"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2134234"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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