José van Dam (Joseph Baron van Damme, b. 1940), a Belgian bass-baritone, entered the Brussels Royal Conservatory at the age of 17. An Oratorio and Lieder singer, he is particularly well known from the movie The Music Teacher (1988). In 1998 he was ennobled by King Albert II.
Discovered on 6-11-1991 in La Silla by Elst, E. W.