# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-ruppert
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:20:03.890Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-ruppert"
name: "Michael Ruppert"
slug: "michael-ruppert"
description: "Michael Craig Ruppert was an American writer and musician, Los Angeles Police Department officer, investigative journalist, political activist, and peak oil awareness advocate known for his 2004 book Crossing The Rubicon: The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil."
tagline: "American author (1951–2014)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8b/Michael_C_Ruppert_Collapse_From_The_Wilderness_Peak_Oil_Oelfoerdermaximum_fossile_Energien_Colorado_Derivate_Zineszins_Wachstumsparadigma_bumpy_plateau_Elisabeth_Kuebler_Ross.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1951-02-03"
deathDate: "2014-04-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.345646437994723
  historical:           7.722466666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm1685276"
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    url:       "http://www.collapsemovie.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Michael Ruppert"
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    title: "مايكل روپيرت (صحفى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Ruppert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_C._Ruppert"
    title: "Michael C. Ruppert"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ruppert"
    title: "Michael Ruppert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ruppert"
    title: "Michael Ruppert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ruppert"
    title: "Michael Ruppert"
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  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ruppert"
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    title: "Michael Ruppert"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump