# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rane-willerslev
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:12:36.034Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rane-willerslev"
name: "Rane Willerslev"
slug: "rane-willerslev"
description: "Rane Willerslev is a Danish anthropologist. In his academic career, he has travelled extensively and has a particular interest in tribal cultures, both present and prehistoric. On 1 July 2017, he was appointed director of the National Museum of Denmark by Culture Minister Mette Bock."
tagline: "Danish anthropologist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rane_Willerslev_-_foto_Lill-Ann_Chepstow-Lusty_-_Kulturhistorisk_museum%2C_UiO_-_Cf33137_471.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1971-06-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.29
  momentum:             2.5
  historical:           5.075234666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7647563/"
    handle:    "nm7647563"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rane_Willerslev"
    title: "Rane Willerslev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%8A%DA%A4"
    title: "ران ويليرسليڤ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rane_Willerslev"
    title: "Rane Willerslev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rane_Willerslev"
    title: "Rane Willerslev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rane_Willerslev"
    title: "Rane Willerslev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7292540"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1731831"
    title: "Rane Willerslev"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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