# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-westerholt
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:16:57.572Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-westerholt"
name: "Robert Westerholt"
slug: "robert-westerholt"
description: "Robert Westerholt is a Dutch guitarist who is a founding member of the symphonic metal band Within Temptation. He writes music for the band, which is fronted by his partner and band vocalist Sharon den Adel. Westerholt used to work in human resource management before his career with Within Temptation."
tagline: "Dutch guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mh_3728_robertwesterholt.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Netherlands"
  isoCode: "NL"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1975-01-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.44
  momentum:             0
  historical:           18.819852
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2596217/"
    handle:    "nm2596217"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.within-temptation.com/"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Robert Westerholt"
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    title: "Robert Westerholt"
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    title: "Robert Westerholt"
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    title: "Robert Westerholt"
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    title: "Robert Westerholt"
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    title: "Robert Westerholt"
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    title: "Robert Westerholt"
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    title: "Robert Westerholt"
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    title: "Robert Westerholt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "罗伯特·韦斯特霍尔特"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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