# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willem-ruis
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:58:54.478Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willem-ruis"
name: "Willem Ruis"
slug: "willem-ruis"
description: "Klaas Willem Ruis was a Dutch game show presenter. He presented the Willem Ruis Show for the KRO and the Willem Ruis Lottoshow, Vijf tegen Vijf and the Sterrenshow for the VARA. He died of a cardiac arrest during a vacation in Spain."
tagline: "Dutch television presenter (1945–1986)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/NOS_televisieprogramma_Europaquiz._Willem_Ruys%2C_Bestanddeelnr_930-2991.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Netherlands"
  isoCode: "NL"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1945-03-29"
deathDate: "1986-08-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.2
  momentum:             10
  historical:           6.159197333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0749559/"
    handle:    "nm0749559"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2b367f07-3114-464a-b998-c1cecee00613"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "ويليم رويس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Ruis"
    title: "Willem Ruis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Ruis"
    title: "Willem Ruis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Ruis"
    title: "Willem Ruis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Ruis"
    title: "Willem Ruis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q964993"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1451050"
    title: "Willem Ruis"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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