# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bert-ruiter
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:18:54.103Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bert-ruiter"
name: "Bert Ruiter"
slug: "bert-ruiter"
description: "Bert Ruiter was a Dutch bass guitarist, record producer, and composer. He was best known for being the bassist for Focus from 1971 to 1978."
tagline: "Dutch musician (1946–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bert_Ruiter_(1974).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1946-11-26"
deathDate: "2022-03-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.08
  momentum:             7.537069702511714
  historical:           7.530530666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/306287"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "بيرت رويتير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Ruiter"
    title: "Bert Ruiter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Ruiter"
    title: "Bert Ruiter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Ruiter"
    title: "Bert Ruiter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%86%E3%83%AB"
    title: "ベルト・ライテル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Ruiter"
    title: "Bert Ruiter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Ruiter"
    title: "Bert Ruiter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ed89e9be-9904-40f2-8fa8-32560861b213"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2648145"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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