# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-ruff
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:54:36.416Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-ruff"
name: "Thomas Ruff"
slug: "thomas-ruff"
description: "Thomas Ruff is a German photographer who lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany. He has been described as \"a master of edited and reimagined images\"."
tagline: "German photographer (born 1958)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ruff_Thomas_220507_koeln_museum_ludwig.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1958-02-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.61
  momentum:             7.09156847970987
  historical:           10.78279733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.thomasruff.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%81_(%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B0_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A9_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7)"
    title: "توماس روف (استاذ جامعة من المانيا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Ruff"
    title: "Thomas Ruff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Ruff"
    title: "Thomas Ruff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Ruff"
    title: "Thomas Ruff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Ruff"
    title: "Thomas Ruff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Ruff"
    title: "Thomas Ruff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Ruff"
    title: "Thomas Ruff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%95"
    title: "トーマス・ルフ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Ruff"
    title: "Thomas Ruff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Ruff"
    title: "Thomas Ruff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%83%D1%84%D1%84%2C_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%81"
    title: "Руфф, Томас"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%AA_%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%9F"
    title: "โทมัส รุฟ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77558"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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