# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/horacio-salgan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:23:10.227Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/horacio-salgan"
name: "Horacio Salgán"
slug: "horacio-salgan"
description: "Horacio Adolfo Salgán was an Argentine tango musician. He was born in Buenos Aires to an established Afro-Argentine family. Some of Salgán's most well-known compositions include Del 1 al 5  (1944), A Don Agustín Bardi (1947), Entre tango y tango (1953), Grillito, La llamo silbando, Cortada de San Ignacio, A fuego lento, and Aquellos tangos camperos. He turned 100 in June 2016 and died two months later on August 19, 2016."
tagline: "Argentine musician (1916–2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/HoracioSalgan.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Argentina"
  isoCode: "AR"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1916-06-15"
deathDate: "2016-08-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.8
  momentum:             0.2664576802507837
  historical:           12.09024666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1066473/"
    handle:    "nm1066473"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/2Bh9iQTtKB9vzl6iLtwZ9W"
    handle:    "2Bh9iQTtKB9vzl6iLtwZ9W"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "هوراسيو سالجان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horacio_Salg%C3%A1n"
    title: "Horacio Salgán"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horacio_Salg%C3%A1n"
    title: "Horacio Salgán"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horacio_Salg%C3%A1n"
    title: "Horacio Salgán"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horacio_Salg%C3%A1n"
    title: "Horacio Salgán"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horacio_Salg%C3%A1n"
    title: "Horacio Salgán"
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  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AA%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B7%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AC%E3%83%B3"
    title: "オラシオ・サルガン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "오라시오 살간"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horacio_Salg%C3%A1n"
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    title: "Horacio Salgán"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horacio_Salg%C3%A1n"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q629788"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Horacio Salgán"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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