# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-ruffin
# Generated: 2026-08-12T16:46:50.516Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-ruffin"
name: "Michael Ruffin"
slug: "michael-ruffin"
description: "Michael David Ruffin is an American former professional basketball player who played nine seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). At 6'8\" and 248 lbs, he played as a power forward/center."
tagline: "American basketball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_Ruffin_with_Varejao.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1977-01-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.23
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.034632
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ruffin"
    title: "Michael Ruffin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "مايكل روفين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "مايكل روفين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ruffin"
    title: "Michael Ruffin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ruffin"
    title: "Michael Ruffin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ruffin"
    title: "Michael Ruffin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ruffin"
    title: "Michael Ruffin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ruffin"
    title: "Michael Ruffin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q975034"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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