# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sami-vanska
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:58:17.853Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sami-vanska"
name: "Sami Vänskä"
slug: "sami-vanska"
description: "Sami Vänskä is the former bassist of Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish."
tagline: "Finnish musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sami_V%C3%A4nsk%C3%A4.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1976-09-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.55
  momentum:             4.353609403840193
  historical:           19.84018133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2054410/"
    handle:    "nm2054410"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "سامى ڤانسكا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Сами Вянскя"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sami Vänskä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_V%C3%A4nsk%C3%A4"
    title: "Sami Vänskä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_V%C3%A4nsk%C3%A4"
    title: "Sami Vänskä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_V%C3%A4nsk%C3%A4"
    title: "Sami Vänskä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_V%C3%A4nsk%C3%A4"
    title: "Sami Vänskä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_V%C3%A4nsk%C3%A4"
    title: "Sami Vänskä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sami Vänskä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_V%C3%A4nsk%C3%A4"
    title: "Sami Vänskä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Սամի Վյանսկյա"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_V%C3%A4nsk%C3%A4"
    title: "Sami Vänskä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_V%C3%A4nsk%C3%A4"
    title: "Sami Vänskä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_V%C3%A4nsk%C3%A4"
    title: "Sami Vänskä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_V%C3%A4nsk%C3%A4"
    title: "Sami Vänskä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_V%C3%A4nsk%C3%A4"
    title: "Sami Vänskä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_V%C3%A4nsk%C3%A4"
    title: "Sami Vänskä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Вянскя, Сами"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_V%C3%A4nsk%C3%A4"
    title: "Sami Vänskä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_V%C3%A4nsk%C3%A4"
    title: "Sami Vänskä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%96_%D0%92%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%8F"
    title: "Самі Вянскя"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sami Vänskä"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ce73ddc7-c2b9-429f-b697-fa9666c66d92"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q842070"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1084964"
    title: "Sami Vänskä"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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