# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/roy-reuther
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:06:04.346Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/roy-reuther"
name: "Roy Reuther"
slug: "roy-reuther"
description: "Roy Louis Reuther was an American labor organizer. He was one of the leaders of the historic Flint sit-down strike that gave birth to the United Auto Workers (UAW). Along with his brothers Walter and Victor, he helped build the UAW into the most powerful industrial union in the United States. Later, as political director for the UAW, he spearheaded efforts to expand voter participation, and was deeply involved in the civil rights movement."
tagline: "American labor leader (1909–1968)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Roy_Reuther_(10004034).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1909-08-29"
deathDate: "1968-01-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.68
  momentum:             15
  historical:           1.539885333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     15
  profileCompleteness:  49
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3470559/"
    handle:    "nm3470559"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Reuther"
    title: "Roy Reuther"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q91663304"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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