# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/guinga
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:23:16.222Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/guinga"
name: "Guinga"
slug: "guinga"
description: "Guinga is a Brazilian guitarist and composer born in Madureira, a working-class suburb of Rio de Janeiro. As a child, he was nicknamed \"Gringo\", because of his pale skin, and the artistic name \"Guinga\" comes from the way he pronounced the word."
tagline: "Brazilian musician (born 1950)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Guinga_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Brazil"
  isoCode: "BR"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1950-06-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.75
  momentum:             5.155934903320924
  historical:           7.031176
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2791298/"
    handle:    "nm2791298"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.guinga.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/524596"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7"
    title: "جوينجا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinga"
    title: "Guinga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinga"
    title: "Guinga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinga"
    title: "Guinga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%92%D7%94"
    title: "גינגה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinga"
    title: "Guinga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4aba054e-70d0-4779-a413-fbaaa95bb712"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2892655"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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