# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jan-ruff-o-herne
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:30:37.254Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jan-ruff-o-herne"
name: "Jan Ruff O'Herne"
slug: "jan-ruff-o-herne"
description: "Jeanne Alida \"Jan\" Ruff-O'Herne was a Dutch Australian of Irish ancestry and human rights activist known for campaigning internationally against war rape. During World War II, Ruff-O'Herne was forced into sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Army. After remaining silent for fifty years, Ruff-O'Herne spoke out publicly from the 1990s until her death to demand a formal apology from the Japanese government and to highlight the plight of other \"comfort women\". On her death, the South Australian Attorney-General noted: \"her story of survival is a tribute to her strength and courage, and she will be sorely missed not only here in South Australia, but around the world.\""
tagline: "Dutch-Australian human rights activist campaigning against war rape"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jan_O'Herne.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "NL"
birthDate: "1923-01-18"
deathDate: "2019-08-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump