# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/siegfried-ruff
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:50:56.944Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/siegfried-ruff"
name: "Siegfried Ruff"
slug: "siegfried-ruff"
description: "Siegfried Ruff was a German physician who served as director of the Aviation Medicine Department at the German Experimental Institute for Aviation, and was accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity for conducting medical atrocities. He was acquitted of war crimes and recruited by the US after World War II."
tagline: "German physician; defendant at the Nuremberg Doctors' Trial (1907-1989)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Siegfr_Ruff.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1907-02-19"
deathDate: "1989-04-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.27
  momentum:             0.624048706240487
  historical:           6.358461333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siegfried_Ruff"
    title: "Siegfried Ruff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81"
    title: "سيجفريد راف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%84%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4_%D0%A0%D1%83%D1%84"
    title: "Зигфрид Руф"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siegfried_Ruff_(Mediziner)"
    title: "Siegfried Ruff (Mediziner)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siegfried_Ruff"
    title: "Siegfried Ruff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siegfried_Ruff"
    title: "Siegfried Ruff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%83%D1%84%D1%84%2C_%D0%97%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%84%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4"
    title: "Руфф, Зигфрид"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q89214"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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