# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rigo-tovar
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:44:30.883Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rigo-tovar"
name: "Rigo Tovar"
slug: "rigo-tovar"
description: "Rigoberto Tovar García, better known as Rigo Tovar, was a Mexican musician. Famous for his cumbias, Tovar infused traditional Mexican and Latin music with modern instruments like the electric guitar and synthesizer and popular styles such as rock and cumbia."
tagline: "Mexican musician (1946–2005)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rigo_Tovar_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Mexico"
  isoCode: "MX"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1946-03-29"
deathDate: "2005-03-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.69
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.235974666666666
  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/nm0869840/"
    handle:    "nm0869840"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2433135"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%88_%D8%AA%D9%88%DA%A4%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "ريجو توڤار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigo_Tovar"
    title: "Rigo Tovar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigo_Tovar"
    title: "Rigo Tovar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigo_Tovar"
    title: "Rigo Tovar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigo_Tovar"
    title: "Rigo Tovar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigo_Tovar"
    title: "Rigo Tovar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6e1151b3-74bb-4d3d-9461-5119cf51c164"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q430216"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/999942"
    title: "Rigo Tovar"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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