# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hector-lavoe
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:47:52.489Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hector-lavoe"
name: "Héctor Lavoe"
slug: "hector-lavoe"
description: "Héctor Juan Pérez Martínez, better known as Héctor Lavoe, was a Puerto Rican salsa singer. Widely regarded as one of salsa's most important and influential vocalists, Lavoe played a pivotal role in popularizing the genre throughout the 1960s, '70s, and '80s. His charismatic persona and artistic vision propelled him to become one of the most successful Latin music artists of all time."
tagline: "Puerto Rican salsa singer (1946–1993)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Estatua_de_H%C3%A9ctor_Lavoe_en_Tablado_La_Guancha%2C_Barrio_Playa%2C_Ponce%2C_PR_(DSC01187).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: "1946-09-30"
deathDate: "1993-06-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           56.65
  momentum:             1.595916174099946
  historical:           21.482792
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0492150/"
    handle:    "nm0492150"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.hectorlavoe.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
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    title: "Ектор Лаво"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump