# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/stephan-weidner
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:46:05.178Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/stephan-weidner"
name: "Stephan Weidner"
slug: "stephan-weidner"
description: "Stephan Weidner, also known as Der W, is a German musician, songwriter and producer. From 1980 to 2005, he was the bassist, songwriter and leader of the German rock band Böhse Onkelz. He was also a singer with Nordend Antistars, a collaboration with Sub7even singer Daniel Wirtz. In April 2008, Weidner's first solo album Schneller, Höher, Weidner was released."
tagline: "German musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stephan_Weidner_2019_-2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1963-05-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.33
  momentum:             10
  historical:           5.778890666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/DERW23"
    handle:    "DERW23"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1348283/"
    handle:    "nm1348283"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.der-w.de"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q75936"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephan_Weidner"
    title: "Stephan Weidner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "ستيفان ويدنير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/262897"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephan_Weidner"
    title: "Stephan Weidner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/735f73bd-ffa1-4a14-ba68-471c414e032f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1147050"
    title: "Stephan Weidner"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Discovered via Wikipedia top-views