# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wannes-van-de-velde
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:07:08.564Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wannes-van-de-velde"
name: "Wannes Van de Velde"
slug: "wannes-van-de-velde"
description: "Wannes Van de Velde, born Willy Cecile Johannes Van de Velde, in Antwerp, was a Flemish folk singer, guitarist, musician, poet, puppeteer and artist. He is most famous for his songs Ik Wil deze Nacht in de Straten Verdwalen (1973), Mijn Mansarde and De Brug van Willebroek (1990). His work is often categorized as kleinkunst. Van de Velde was known for singing in his local dialect."
tagline: "Belgian artist, musician, poet, singer (1937–2008)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wannes_Beeld_Elcker-Ik1.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1937-04-29"
deathDate: "2008-11-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.4
  momentum:             1.985161186883905
  historical:           8.169909333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0892402/"
    handle:    "nm0892402"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1OViTeOacC1IKJNRTqXQGT"
    handle:    "1OViTeOacC1IKJNRTqXQGT"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://wannesvandevelde.be/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/529815"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF_%DA%A4%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "وانيس ڤان د ڤيلد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wannes_Van_de_Velde"
    title: "Wannes Van de Velde"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wannes_Van_de_Velde"
    title: "Wannes Van de Velde"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wannes_Van_de_Velde"
    title: "Wannes Van de Velde"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wannes_Van_de_Velde"
    title: "Wannes Van de Velde"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wannes_Van_de_Velde"
    title: "Wannes Van de Velde"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wannes_Van_de_Velde"
    title: "Wannes Van de Velde"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/39afa87a-c04d-430a-ade1-25cd0895c16e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3566165"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/24789"
    title: "Wannes van de Velde"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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