# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rafael-bienvenido-cruz
# Generated: 2026-08-31T17:47:31.624Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rafael-bienvenido-cruz"
name: "Rafael Bienvenido Cruz"
slug: "rafael-bienvenido-cruz"
description: "Rafael Bienvenido Cruz y Díaz is a Cuban and American evangelical preacher and the father of U.S. Senator Ted Cruz. He has served as a surrogate in his son's political campaigns."
tagline: "Cuban-American minister"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pastor_Rafael_Cruz.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1939-03-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.54
  momentum:             0.4714235828192295
  historical:           5.590522666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Cruz"
    title: "Rafael Cruz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2_(%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1)"
    title: "رافاييل كروز (وزير)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%95%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8E%D9%84_%D8%A8%DB%8C%DB%8E%D9%86%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%AF%DB%86_%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2"
    title: "ڕافایێل بیێنبینیدۆ کروز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Cruz"
    title: "Rafael Cruz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Cruz"
    title: "Rafael Cruz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Cruz"
    title: "Rafael Cruz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20155387"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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