# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rinus-gerritsen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:47:30.175Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rinus-gerritsen"
name: "Rinus Gerritsen"
slug: "rinus-gerritsen"
description: "Marinus Gerritsen is a Dutch bassist. Best known for being a founding member of Dutch group Golden Earring, he is also a producer of artists like Herman Brood."
tagline: "Dutch musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2015_Golden_Earring_-_Rinus_Gerritsen_-_by_2eight_-_DSC1432.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1946-08-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.9
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.400946666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1571249/"
    handle:    "nm1571249"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/454257"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "رينوس جيريتسين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinus_Gerritsen"
    title: "Rinus Gerritsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinus_Gerritsen"
    title: "Rinus Gerritsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinus_Gerritsen"
    title: "Rinus Gerritsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinus_Gerritsen"
    title: "Rinus Gerritsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinus_Gerritsen"
    title: "Rinus Gerritsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinus_Gerritsen"
    title: "Rinus Gerritsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinus_Gerritsen"
    title: "Rinus Gerritsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinus_Gerritsen"
    title: "Rinus Gerritsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ba731dec-40f4-48bd-a07c-085b90a66aad"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2740856"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1553223"
    title: "Rinus Gerritsen"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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