# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ruth-ben-ghiat
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:42:35.019Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ruth-ben-ghiat"
name: "Ruth Ben-Ghiat"
slug: "ruth-ben-ghiat"
description: "Ruth Ben-Ghiat is an American history professor and political commentator. She is a scholar on fascism and authoritarian leaders. Ben-Ghiat is a professor of history and Italian studies at New York University."
tagline: "American historian and cultural critic"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1960-04-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  country:  null
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platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump