# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/oscar-d-leon
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:01:26.272Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/oscar-d-leon"
name: "Oscar D'León"
slug: "oscar-d-leon"
description: "Óscar Emilio León Simosa, known as Oscar D'León, and affectionately called The Pharaoh of Salsa, The Lion of Salsa, and the World's Sonero, is a Venezuelan musician and bassist best known for his salsa music. He is the author of \"Llorarás\", which he recorded in 1974 with his group, Dimensión Latina. He is also an ambassador for Operation Smile."
tagline: "Venezuelan salsa musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Oscar_D_Leon_2011.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1943-07-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.16
  momentum:             1.126847290640394
  historical:           10.81607733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/OscarDLeon"
    handle:    "OscarDLeon"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/OscarDLeonOnLine"
    handle:    "OscarDLeonOnLine"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1c84wItoiAe1pEbpJMqUmQ"
    handle:    "1c84wItoiAe1pEbpJMqUmQ"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://oscardleon.net/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%AF%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "اوسكار دليون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_D'Le%C3%B3n"
    title: "Oscar D'León"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_D%E2%80%99Le%C3%B3n"
    title: "Oscar D’León"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_D'Le%C3%B3n"
    title: "Oscar D'León"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%93scar_d'Le%C3%B3n"
    title: "Óscar d'León"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_D'Le%C3%B3n"
    title: "Oscar D'León"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%93scar_D'Le%C3%B3n"
    title: "Óscar D'León"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_D'Le%C3%B3n"
    title: "Oscar D'León"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%AF_%D9%84%D8%A6%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "اوسکار د لئون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_D'Le%C3%B3n"
    title: "Oscar D'León"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_D'Le%C3%B3n"
    title: "Oscar D'León"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b6059fbd-b176-4585-bb58-ea2f34269500"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2007584"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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