# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hilton-ruiz
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:25:38.680Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hilton-ruiz"
name: "Hilton Ruiz"
slug: "hilton-ruiz"
description: "Hilton Ruiz was an American jazz pianist in the Afro-Cuban jazz mold, but was also a talented bebop player. He was of Puerto Rican descent."
tagline: "American musician of Puerto Rican descent (1952–2006)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hilton_Ruiz.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: "1952-05-29"
deathDate: "2006-06-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.07
  momentum:             5.111111111111111
  historical:           12.28625066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0749785/"
    handle:    "nm0749785"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "هيلتون رويز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B2"
    title: "هيلتون رويز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B2"
    title: "هیلتون رویز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilton_Ruiz"
    title: "Hilton Ruiz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilton_Ruiz"
    title: "Hilton Ruiz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilton_Ruiz"
    title: "Hilton Ruiz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilton_Ruiz"
    title: "Hilton Ruiz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilton_Ruiz"
    title: "Hilton Ruiz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilton_Ruiz"
    title: "Hilton Ruiz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilton_Ruiz"
    title: "Hilton Ruiz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%92%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ヒルトン・ルイス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilton_Ruiz"
    title: "Hilton Ruiz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/857cd2b4-e1f6-4025-96d2-0015777245c9"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q576527"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2469386"
    title: "Hilton Ariel Ruiz"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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