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Juan Formell

Cuban musician (1942–2014)
Person human Q711988

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[14]
Date of birth
August 2, 1942
Date of death
May 1, 2014
Place of birth
Cuba, Havana[10]
Place of death
Havana
Country of citizenship
Cuba[12]
Occupation
bandleader, composer, music arranger, singer, bassist
Award received
Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award[13]
Child
Juan Carlos Formell[11]
Genre
salsa, world music[15][16]
Family name
Formell[17]
Given name
Juan[18]
Instrument
bass guitar, bass[19][20]
Name in kana
フアン・フォルメル[21]
P14750
F84F-689E-E61F-9AB0-E3F5[23]
Start of work period
1957[22]
🏷️ Also known as
en Juan Formell en Juan Climaco Formell Cortina en Juan Climaco Formell Fortuna en Juan Clímaco Formell Fortuna de Formell he חואן פורמל ja ファン・フォルメル sv Formell zh 胡安·福爾梅爾
🔖 Identifiers · 30
ISNI
0000000081062932
VIAF cluster ID
27253903
Library of Congress authority ID
n93077192
GND ID
131658239
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Juan Formell 2013.jpg ↗
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13923969q
CANTIC ID
981058511394406706
Carnegie Hall agent ID
65682
Discogs artist ID
833463
Europeana entity
agent/base/118264
FAST ID
326442
Film.ru person ID
juan-formell
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Freebase ID
/m/09ggp9s
GTAA ID
1256196
Grammy Awards artist ID
juan-formell/13303
IMDb ID
nm0286401
IdRef ID
086927353
JRC Names ID
217587
Kinobox person ID
215762
Montreux Jazz Festival person ID
17926
MusicBrainz artist ID
cc57e7c9-d99d-4955-bc89-a35f2122be82
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000047877
NLB authority ID (Belarus)
SEK-ar6775430
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1109304
Prabook ID
2286714
SBN author ID
VEAV470333
SNAC ARK ID
w6nw13mc
Songkick artist ID
394966
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJtX4RfBYW4k4FfbTJbyBP
Yale LUX ID
person/787d7b6c-ca6d-475d-9710-4dc95719cf2a

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🔗 Connections
Genre 2
world music, salsa
Instrument 2
bass guitar, bass
Occupation 2
composer, bandleader
Country of citizenship 1
Cuba
Given name 1
Juan
Instance of 1
human
Mb:member of band 1
Los Van Van
Place of birth 1
Cuba
Place of death 1
Havana
Sex or gender 1
male
← FactGrid item ID 1
Zhytomyr
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Summary

Juan Formell was born on August 2, 1942[1], in Cuba[2]. He died on May 1, 2014[3], in Havana[4]. He worked as a bandleader[5], composer[6], music arranger[7], singer[8], and bassist[9].

FAQs

Where was Juan Formell born?

Juan Formell was born in Cuba[2].

Where did Juan Formell die?

Juan Formell passed away in Havana[4].

What did Juan Formell do for work?

Juan Formell worked as a bandleader[5], composer[6], music arranger[7], singer[8], and bassist[9].

What awards did Juan Formell receive?

Honors received include Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award[13].

Related Entities

Cuba

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [14] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . Montreux Jazz Festival Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [3] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . data.bnf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . Montreux Jazz Festival Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 28d ago · Epìdosis · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    NLB authority ID (Belarus) → SEK-ar6775430
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ NLB authority ID (Belarus): SEK-ar6775430, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/289738|batch #289738]]"
  2. 4w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of birth → Cuba, Havana
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fr', 'he', 'ja', 'simple', 'sv', 'zh
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/57880|batch #57880]]: Import more precise places of birth, date from dewiki"
  3. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → F84F-689E-E61F-9AB0-E3F5
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46469|batch #46469]]: HAND ID (8)"
  4. 23w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → bandleader, composer, music arranger +2
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32149|batch #32149]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (33)"
  5. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name → Juan
    Instance of → human
    Work period start → —
    Genre → —
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ CANTIC ID: 981058511394406706, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257571|batch #257571]]"
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