# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/will-ferdy
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:16:42.299Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/will-ferdy"
name: "Will Ferdy"
slug: "will-ferdy"
description: "Werner Ferdinande, known as Will Ferdy, was a Belgian singer. He became known for the songs Christine, Belijdenis, De stervende, Ziede gij me gere, and Het Schrijverke, which is a song, based on the poem Het Schrijverke with the same name, by Guido Gezelle. He was a figurehead within the gay community, because he was the first Flemish singer to come out. He received the Gay Krant award in 2006.\nEarlier in his career, Ferdy was also active as a comedian."
tagline: "Belgian singer and cabaret artist (1927–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Will_Ferdy.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1927-03-09"
deathDate: "2022-11-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.83
  momentum:             6.155251141552512
  historical:           7.016848
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0272267/"
    handle:    "nm0272267"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3gN0GG8bko3Kb0sBzchz0K"
    handle:    "3gN0GG8bko3Kb0sBzchz0K"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.willferdy.be/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/529821"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Ferdy"
    title: "Will Ferdy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Ferdy"
    title: "Will Ferdy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Ferdy"
    title: "Will Ferdy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Ferdy"
    title: "Will Ferdy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Ferdy"
    title: "Will Ferdy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Ferdy"
    title: "Will Ferdy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f51ff4cd-b3a4-4e1e-b11f-f39dc0cc73d3"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2183817"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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