# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/xavier-cugat
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:28:16.079Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/xavier-cugat"
name: "Xavier Cugat"
slug: "xavier-cugat"
description: "Xavier Cugat was an American musician and bandleader who was a leading figure in the spread of Latin music in the United States. Originally from Girona, Catalonia in Spain, he spent his formative years in Havana, Cuba, before arriving in New York City in 1915. A trained violinist and arranger, he was the leader of the resident orchestra at the Waldorf–Astoria hotel from 1933 to 1949 and a prolific recording artist for 40 years. He became known as the \"Rumba King.\" A restaurateur in West Hollywood and New York, he and his band appeared in numerous motion pictures in the 1930s and 1940s. He was also a caricature artist."
tagline: "Spanish-Cuban musician and bandleader (1900–1990)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Xavier_Cugat_(Gottlieb_10661).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "ES"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1900-01-01"
deathDate: "1990-10-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             10.21764730838373
  historical:           23.496188
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  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0191265"
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  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.xaviercugat.org"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump