Ad Vanderveen

Dutch singer-songwriter
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Summary

Ad Vanderveen was born on January 1, 1956[1], in Hilversum[2]. He has worked as a singer-songwriter[3], recording artist[4], singer[5], composer[6], and musician[7]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31 views/month, #7,297 of 1,000,298).[8]

Key Facts

  • Date of birth: September 21, 1956[9]
  • Country of citizenship: Kingdom of the Netherlands[10]
  • Member of: More Than a Song[11]
  • Sex or gender: male[12]
  • Family name: Vanderveen[13]
  • Given name: Ad[14]
  • Pseudonym: Lefty O'Neil[15]
  • Official website: https://advanderveen.com/[16]

FAQs

Where was Ad Vanderveen born?

Ad Vanderveen was born in Hilversum[2].

What did Ad Vanderveen do for work?

Ad Vanderveen worked as a singer-songwriter[3], recording artist[4], singer[5], composer[6], and musician[7].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [8] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 19d ago · Printstream · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'de', 'en', 'nl']
    Sitelink count → 4
    Date of birth → +1956-01-01T00:00:00Z, +1956-09-21T00:00:00Z
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 22w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → singer-songwriter, recording artist, singer +2
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31724|batch #31724]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (18)"
  3. 23w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Date of birth → +1956-01-01T00:00:00Z, +1956-09-21T00:00:00Z
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  4. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Myspace id → advanderveen
    Viaf cluster id → 307301388
    Spotify artist id → 6LZRuFlcOOCSrlx4mNSCnl
    Discogs artist id → 837357, 2149825
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/29948|batch #29948]]: removal of GND year-precision P569 bis (11), to be readded in a few days with a reference (cf. https://w"
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