# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willi-ninja
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:07:01.294Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willi-ninja"
name: "Willi Ninja"
slug: "willi-ninja"
description: "William Roscoe Leake, better known as Willi Ninja, was an American dancer and choreographer known for his appearance in the documentary film Paris Is Burning."
tagline: "American dancer (1961-2006)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Willi_Ninga_NYC.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1961-04-12"
deathDate: "2006-09-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.22
  momentum:             7.660681322369524
  historical:           12.64553066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0632466/"
    handle:    "nm0632466"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "উইল্লি নিঞ্জা"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Willi Ninja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willi_Ninja"
    title: "Willi Ninja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willi_Ninja"
    title: "Willi Ninja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willi_Ninja"
    title: "Willi Ninja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willi_Ninja"
    title: "Willi Ninja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willi_Ninja"
    title: "Willi Ninja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8B%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3"
    title: "ウィリー・ニンジャ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "विली निन्जा"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Willi Ninja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willi_Ninja"
    title: "Willi Ninja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%96_%D0%9D%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B7%D1%8F"
    title: "Віллі Ніндзя"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C_%D9%86%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7"
    title: "ولی ننجا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q718111"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/107843"
    title: "Willi Ninja"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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