# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johnny-pacheco
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:08:21.145Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/johnny-pacheco"
name: "Johnny Pacheco"
slug: "johnny-pacheco"
description: "Juan Pablo Knipping Pacheco, known as Johnny Pacheco, was a Dominican musician, arranger, composer, bandleader, and record producer. Born in the Dominican Republic, Pacheco became a leading figure in the New York salsa scene in the 1960s and 1970s as the founder and musical director of Fania Records."
tagline: "Dominican musician (1935–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Compositor_Jhonny_Pacheco.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1935-03-25"
deathDate: "2021-02-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.28
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.979388
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0655290/"
    handle:    "nm0655290"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.johnnypacheco.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جونی باچیکو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Johnny Pacheco"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Johnny Pacheco"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Pacheco"
    title: "Johnny Pacheco"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Pacheco"
    title: "Johnny Pacheco"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Johnny Pacheco"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Pacheco"
    title: "Johnny Pacheco"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Pacheco"
    title: "Johnny Pacheco"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Pacheco"
    title: "Johnny Pacheco"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Pacheco"
    title: "Johnny Pacheco"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Pacheco"
    title: "Johnny Pacheco"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Pacheco"
    title: "Johnny Pacheco"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Pacheco"
    title: "Johnny Pacheco"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "強尼·帕切科"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Johnny Pacheco"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump