# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willy-t-ribbs
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:14:46.440Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willy-t-ribbs"
name: "Willy T. Ribbs"
slug: "willy-t-ribbs"
description: "William Theodore Ribbs Jr. is an American former race car driver, racing owner, and sport shooter known for being the first African-American man to have tested a Formula One car and to compete in the Indianapolis 500. Ribbs competed in many forms of auto racing, including the Trans-Am Series, IndyCar, Champ Car, IMSA, and the NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. After retiring, he became a sport shooter in the National Sporting Clays Association."
tagline: "American racecar driver"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WillyTRibbs.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1955-01-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.83
  momentum:             1.605773567884529
  historical:           5.759294666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0722792/"
    handle:    "nm0722792"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.willytribbs.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_T._Ribbs"
    title: "Willy T. Ribbs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_T._Ribbs"
    title: "Willy T. Ribbs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_T._Ribbs"
    title: "Willy T. Ribbs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_T._Ribbs"
    title: "Willy T. Ribbs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_T._Ribbs"
    title: "Willy T. Ribbs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q279686"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1822211"
    title: "Willy T. Ribbs"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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