- Thijs van Leer was born on March 31, 1948 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He is a composer and actor, known for RoboCop (2014), Baby Driver (2017) and Project X (2012).
- He is 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.
- In November 2021, Thijs was diagnosed with Covid-19 after being hospitalized during a Focus tour in the UK.
- He is a Dutch musician, singer, songwriter, composer and producer.
- On 13 September 2008, van Leer was made a Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau for "special services to music.".
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