# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/juan-formell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:59:45.099Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/juan-formell"
name: "Juan Formell"
slug: "juan-formell"
description: "Juan Climaco Formell Cortina was a Cuban bassist, composer, and arranger, best known as the director of Los Van Van. He was a creator of popular danceable music and credited with bringing electronic instrumentation into the Cuban musical form."
tagline: "Cuban musician (1942–2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Juan_Formell_2013.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1942-08-02"
deathDate: "2014-05-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           11.62682
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0286401/"
    handle:    "nm0286401"
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    title: "Juan Formell"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump