# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francois-ruffin
# Generated: 2026-09-06T20:51:44.972Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/francois-ruffin"
name: "François Ruffin"
slug: "francois-ruffin"
description: "François Marcel Joseph Bernard Ruffin is a French journalist, filmmaker, author and politician. The editor-in-chief of the satirical quarterly Fakir, which he founded, he is best known for directing the 2016 film Merci patron! as well as for playing an instrumental role in the formation of the Nuit debout movement in France."
tagline: "French journalist and politician (born 1975)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fran%C3%A7ois_Ruffin_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1975-10-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.17901066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 69
totalFollowers: 251000
platforms:
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    handle:    "Francois_Ruffin"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/francois_ruffin/"
    handle:    "francois_ruffin"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/FrancoisRuffin80"
    handle:    "FrancoisRuffin80"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7837906/"
    handle:    "nm7837906"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://francoisruffin.fr/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIQGSp79vVch0vO3Efqif_w"
    handle:    "@francois_ruffin"
    followers: 251000
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "فرانسوا روفين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فرانسوا روفين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Ruffin"
    title: "François Ruffin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Ruffin"
    title: "François Ruffin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Ruffin"
    title: "François Ruffin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Ruffin"
    title: "François Ruffin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Ruffin"
    title: "François Ruffin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Ruffin"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    type:  "DATABASE"

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