# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rene-klijn
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:39:13.779Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rene-klijn"
name: "René Klijn"
slug: "rene-klijn"
description: "René Klijn was a Dutch singer and model. He became famous in 1992 for discussing the fact that he was an HIV/AIDS patient in a controversial, but critically awarded episode of Paul de Leeuw's talk show De Schreeuw van De Leeuw. In his final life year he scored a number one hit with the song \"Mr. Blue\"."
tagline: "Dutch male singer (1962-1993)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1962-09-08"
deathDate: "1993-09-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.77
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.842588
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0459472/"
    handle:    "nm0459472"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/302068"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%87_%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "رينيه كلين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Klijn"
    title: "René Klijn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Klijn"
    title: "René Klijn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Klijn"
    title: "René Klijn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Klijn"
    title: "René Klijn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/218afc24-6939-4d54-a1e4-a77ecf18a324"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137590"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1451037"
    title: "Rene Klijn"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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