# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cesar-portillo-de-la-luz
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:17:07.293Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cesar-portillo-de-la-luz"
name: "César Portillo de la Luz"
slug: "cesar-portillo-de-la-luz"
description: "César Portillo de la Luz was a Cuban musician, lyricist and composer. Born in Havana, Cuba, Portillo is credited with founding the filin music genre. The Miami Herald described Portillo as \"a fundamental author of Latin American music\" and \"one of Cuba's most celebrated composers\". Portillo is also cited as \"the most distinguished lyricist of his generation\" and \"one of the most prolific Cuban composers of the twentieth century\"."
tagline: "Cuban singer, painter and composer (1922-2013)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1922-10-31"
deathDate: "2013-05-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.59
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.485530666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0692397/"
    handle:    "nm0692397"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/719513"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88_%D8%AF_%D9%84%D8%A7_%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B2"
    title: "سيسار پورتيلو د لا لوز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Portillo_de_la_Luz"
    title: "César Portillo de la Luz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Portillo_de_la_Luz"
    title: "César Portillo de la Luz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Portillo_de_la_Luz"
    title: "César Portillo de la Luz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Portillo_de_la_Luz"
    title: "César Portillo de la Luz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Portillo_de_la_Luz"
    title: "César Portillo de la Luz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Portillo_de_la_Luz"
    title: "César Portillo de la Luz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/013e26fe-695d-4362-b8aa-36284bf6939a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3010495"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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