# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/manuel-galban
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:28:51.378Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/manuel-galban"
name: "Manuel Galbán"
slug: "manuel-galban"
description: "Manuel Galbán was a Grammy-winning Cuban guitarist, pianist and arranger, most notable for his work with Los Zafiros, Ry Cooder and the Buena Vista Social Club. He died on July 7, 2011, of cardiac arrest at his home in Havana, Cuba."
tagline: "Cuban musician (1931–2011)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Manuel_Galban_playing_with_The_Buena_Vista_Social_Club_(275202867).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1931-01-14"
deathDate: "2011-07-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.46
  momentum:             0.5994550408719346
  historical:           8.347337333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1839777/"
    handle:    "nm1839777"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "مانويل جالبان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Galb%C3%A1n"
    title: "Manuel Galbán"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Galb%C3%A1n"
    title: "Manuel Galbán"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Galb%C3%A1n"
    title: "Manuel Galbán"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Galb%C3%A1n"
    title: "Manuel Galbán"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%8C%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%90%E3%83%B3"
    title: "マヌエル・ガルバン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Galb%C3%A1n"
    title: "Manuel Galbán"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/080b3661-3ec7-4c96-a296-0775ad96d7d6"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q704709"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3024841"
    title: "Manuel Galbán"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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