# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ron-woodroof
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:16:42.607Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ron-woodroof"
name: "Ron Woodroof"
slug: "ron-woodroof"
description: "Ronald Dickson Woodroof was an American man who created what would become known as the Dallas Buyers Club in March 1988, one of several such AIDS buyers clubs that sprang up at the time. After learning he had contracted the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in 1985 and being diagnosed with AIDS, he created the group as part of his efforts to find and distribute drugs to treat AIDS at a time when the disease was poorly understood."
tagline: "American AIDS patient who created what would become known as the Dallas Buyers Club (1950-1992)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/67/Ron_Woodroof.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1950-02-03"
deathDate: "1992-09-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.96
  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.09898666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "罗恩·伍德鲁夫"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "رون وودروف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ron Vudruf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Woodroof"
    title: "Ron Woodroof"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Woodroof"
    title: "Ron Woodroof"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Woodroof"
    title: "Ron Woodroof"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Woodroof"
    title: "Ron Woodroof"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ران وودروف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ron Woodroof"
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  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%95%D7%95%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A3"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ron Woodroof"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ron Woodroof"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Woodroof"
    title: "Ron Woodroof"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Woodroof"
    title: "Ron Woodroof"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%83%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%83%D1%84%2C_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Вудруф, Рон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ron Woodroof"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Woodroof"
    title: "Ron Woodroof"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6246491"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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