# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ton-scherpenzeel
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:40:14.629Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ton-scherpenzeel"
name: "Ton Scherpenzeel"
slug: "ton-scherpenzeel"
description: "Ton Scherpenzeel is a Dutch keyboardist, composer, lyricist, and founding member of Dutch progressive rock band Kayak. Subsequent to Kayak, Scherpenzeel joined British progressive rock band Camel. He also played for several years with Dutch band Earth and Fire and released several solo albums. After his participation in rock bands, he was associated with Dutch vocal project Opus and was the accompanying keyboardist to Dutch comedian Youp van 't Hek."
tagline: "Dutch musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ton_Scherpenzeel_-_Kayak_(Dutch_band%2C_1974)_(cropped).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1952-08-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.03
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.032184
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0771102/"
    handle:    "nm0771102"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.tonscherpenzeel.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/318623"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ton_Scherpenzeel"
    title: "Ton Scherpenzeel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%BE%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "تون ستشيرپينزيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ton_Scherpenzeel"
    title: "Ton Scherpenzeel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ton_Scherpenzeel"
    title: "Ton Scherpenzeel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ton_Scherpenzeel"
    title: "Ton Scherpenzeel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ton_Scherpenzeel"
    title: "Ton Scherpenzeel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%9A%E3%83%B3%E3%83%84%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB"
    title: "トン・スケルペンツェル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ton_Scherpenzeel"
    title: "Ton Scherpenzeel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/10a09092-97d7-41aa-b495-c81689de1a14"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2265354"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1410531"
    title: "Ton Scherpenzeel"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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