# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-giardino
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:02:35.492Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-giardino"
name: "Walter Giardino"
slug: "walter-giardino"
description: "Héctor Walter Giardino is an Argentine guitarist and the leader of the heavy metal and hard rock band Rata Blanca. He is recognized as one of the best guitarists in the history of Latin rock."
tagline: "Argentine guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Walter_Giardino_(in_2005).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Argentina"
  isoCode: "AR"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1960-03-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.31
  momentum:             2.101576182136602
  historical:           8.447777333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/WG_Oficial"
    handle:    "WG_Oficial"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/169800639698177"
    handle:    "169800639698177"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.rataweb.com.ar/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88"
    title: "والتر جياردينو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Giardino"
    title: "Walter Giardino"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Giardino"
    title: "Walter Giardino"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Giardino"
    title: "Walter Giardino"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Giardino"
    title: "Walter Giardino"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Giardino"
    title: "Walter Giardino"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Giardino"
    title: "Walter Giardino"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Giardino"
    title: "Walter Giardino"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2ba190e9-064e-4818-96b5-9069c0d676bc"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3120786"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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