# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rick-alan-ross
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:38:06.860Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rick-alan-ross"
name: "Rick Alan Ross"
slug: "rick-alan-ross"
description: "Rick Alan Ross is an American deprogrammer, cult specialist, and founder and executive director of the nonprofit Cult Education Institute. He frequently appears in the news and other media discussing groups some consider cults. Ross has intervened in more than 500 deprogramming cases in various countries."
tagline: "American anticult activist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rick_Ross_2014.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1952-11-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  currentAttention:     0
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  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