# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ruth-handler
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:50:31.655Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ruth-handler"
name: "Ruth Handler"
slug: "ruth-handler"
description: "Ruth Marianna Handler was an American business magnate and inventor. She is best known for inventing the Barbie doll in 1959 and being co-founder of toy manufacturer Mattel with her husband Elliot, as well as serving as the company's first president from 1945 to 1975."
tagline: "American businesswoman"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ruth_Handler_1961_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1916-11-04"
deathDate: "2002-04-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump