# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rene-jacobs
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:37:02.506Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rene-jacobs"
name: "René Jacobs"
slug: "rene-jacobs"
description: "René Jacobs is a Belgian musician. He came to fame as a countertenor, but later in his career he became known as a conductor of baroque and classical opera."
tagline: "Belgian (Flemish) countertenor and conductor (born 1946)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rene_Jacobs_2011_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1946-10-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.23
  momentum:             0.6852791878172588
  historical:           18.652596
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3hwPQDlJr99FzncxqZD2SU"
    handle:    "3hwPQDlJr99FzncxqZD2SU"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%87_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B3"
    title: "رينيه جاكوبس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%87_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B3"
    title: "رينيه جاكوبس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5_%D0%AF%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%81"
    title: "Рене Якобс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Jacobs"
    title: "René Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Jacobs"
    title: "René Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Jacobs"
    title: "René Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Jacobs"
    title: "René Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Jacobs"
    title: "René Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Jacobs"
    title: "René Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Jacobs"
    title: "René Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%94_%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%91%D7%A1"
    title: "רנה יקובס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Jacobs"
    title: "René Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Jacobs"
    title: "René Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8D%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A4%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B3%E3%83%97%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ルネ・ヤーコプス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Jacobs"
    title: "René Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Jacobs"
    title: "René Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Jacobs"
    title: "René Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Jacobs"
    title: "René Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Jacobs"
    title: "René Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%81%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5"
    title: "Якобс, Рене"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Jacobs"
    title: "René Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/47ba9b5a-a059-4bf5-a7b8-803b17145b92"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q433939"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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