# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/flaco-jimenez
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:24:38.854Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/flaco-jimenez"
name: "Flaco Jiménez"
slug: "flaco-jimenez"
description: "Leonardo \"Flaco\" Jiménez was an American singer-songwriter and accordionist from San Antonio, Texas. The nickname 'Flaco' means 'skinny'. He is known for having played conjunto, norteño and tejano. Jiménez was a solo performer and session musician, as well as a member of the Texas Tornados and Los Super Seven."
tagline: "American accordionist, singer (1939–2025)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Flaco_always_Rocko!_(7992652467).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1939-03-11"
deathDate: "2025-07-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.92
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.65401066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0422936/"
    handle:    "nm0422936"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.thetexastornados.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/513182"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88_%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B2"
    title: "فلاكو چيمينيز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flaco_Jim%C3%A9nez"
    title: "Flaco Jiménez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flaco_Jim%C3%A9nez"
    title: "Flaco Jiménez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flaco_Jim%C3%A9nez"
    title: "Flaco Jiménez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flaco_Jim%C3%A9nez"
    title: "Flaco Jiménez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flaco_Jim%C3%A9nez"
    title: "Flaco Jiménez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flaco_Jim%C3%A9nez"
    title: "Flaco Jiménez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flaco_Jim%C3%A9nez"
    title: "Flaco Jiménez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flaco_Jimenez"
    title: "Flaco Jimenez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flaco_Jim%C3%A9nez"
    title: "Flaco Jiménez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%92%E3%83%A1%E3%83%8D%E3%82%B9"
    title: "フラコ・ヒメネス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flaco_Jim%C3%A9nez"
    title: "Flaco Jiménez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flaco_Jim%C3%A9nez"
    title: "Flaco Jiménez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flaco_Jim%C3%A9nez"
    title: "Flaco Jiménez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%81%2C_%D0%A4%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE"
    title: "Хименес, Флако"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f3387fe6-63ff-4dcb-95e6-cf14fc13f60b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1316590"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1242693"
    title: "Flaco Jiménez"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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