# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-ruffin
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:16:23.880Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-ruffin"
name: "David Ruffin"
slug: "david-ruffin"
description: "David Eli Ruffin was an American soul singer most famous for his work as one of the lead singers of the Temptations (1964–1968) during the group's \"Classic Five\" period as it was later known. Ruffin was the lead voice on such famous songs as \"My Girl\" and \"Ain't Too Proud to Beg\". He later scored two top 10 singles as a solo artist, \"My Whole World Ended \" and \"Walk Away from Love\"."
tagline: "American singer (1941–1991)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_Ruffin_1969_press_photo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1941-01-18"
deathDate: "1991-06-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           56.85
  momentum:             0.8252271267321283
  historical:           20.09866
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0749278/"
    handle:    "nm0749278"
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    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3FZn8Z2B7mfaSOU8NE62KR"
    handle:    "3FZn8Z2B7mfaSOU8NE62KR"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump