# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thijs-van-leer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:38:39.183Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thijs-van-leer"
name: "Thijs van Leer"
slug: "thijs-van-leer"
description: "Thijs van Leer is a Dutch musician, best known as the founding member of the rock band Focus as its primary vocalist, keyboardist, and flautist. Born and raised in Amsterdam among a musical family, van Leer took up the piano and flute as a child and pursued them at university and music academies."
tagline: "Dutch musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thijs_van_Leer_playing_flute.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1948-03-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.01114
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0887370/"
    handle:    "nm0887370"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.thijsvanleer.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/458065"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AB%D9%8A%DA%86%D8%B3_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "ثيچس ڤان لير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2e%D0%B9%D1%81_%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Тeйс ван Лер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thijs_van_Leer"
    title: "Thijs van Leer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thijs_van_Leer"
    title: "Thijs van Leer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thijs_van_Leer"
    title: "Thijs van Leer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thijs_van_Leer"
    title: "Thijs van Leer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A1_%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A8"
    title: "תייס ון ליר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thijs_van_Leer"
    title: "Thijs van Leer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BF%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB"
    title: "タイス・ファン・レール"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thijs_van_Leer"
    title: "Thijs van Leer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thijs_van_Leer"
    title: "Thijs van Leer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thijs_van_Leer"
    title: "Thijs van Leer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thijs_van_Leer"
    title: "Thijs van Leer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thijs_van_Leer"
    title: "Thijs van Leer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/df5689df-ee1c-4ed8-801c-6c5494e95981"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1356539"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1250324"
    title: "Thijs van Leer"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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