# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rafael-cortijo
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:58:42.592Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rafael-cortijo"
name: "Rafael Cortijo"
slug: "rafael-cortijo"
description: "Rafael Antonio Cortijo Verdejo was a Puerto Rican musician, orchestra leader, composer and percussion instrument craftsman."
tagline: "Puerto Rican musician (1928-1982)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/93/Rafael_Cortijo.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1928-01-11"
deathDate: "1982-10-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.18
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.708786666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1014618/"
    handle:    "nm1014618"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/810268"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Cortijo"
    title: "Rafael Cortijo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Cortijo"
    title: "Rafael Cortijo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Cortijo"
    title: "Rafael Cortijo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Cortijo"
    title: "Rafael Cortijo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Cortijo"
    title: "Rafael Cortijo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Cortijo"
    title: "Rafael Cortijo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2002c1b3-94f4-4eb8-a09a-c7f0de46c19a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q984122"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1671653"
    title: "Rafael Cortijo"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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