diff --git a/swh/indexer/metadata_dictionary/ruby.py b/swh/indexer/metadata_dictionary/ruby.py
--- a/swh/indexer/metadata_dictionary/ruby.py
+++ b/swh/indexer/metadata_dictionary/ruby.py
@@ -7,10 +7,17 @@
 import itertools
 import re
 
-from swh.indexer.codemeta import CROSSWALK_TABLE
+from swh.indexer.codemeta import CROSSWALK_TABLE, SCHEMA_URI
 from .base import DictMapping
 
 
+def name_to_person(name):
+    return {
+        '@type': SCHEMA_URI + 'Person',
+        SCHEMA_URI + 'name': name,
+    }
+
+
 class GemspecMapping(DictMapping):
     name = 'gemspec'
     mapping = CROSSWALK_TABLE['Ruby Gem']
@@ -109,9 +116,9 @@
 
     def normalize_author(self, author):
         if isinstance(author, str):
-            return {"@list": [author]}
+            return {"@list": [name_to_person(author)]}
 
     def normalize_authors(self, authors):
         if isinstance(authors, list):
-            return {"@list": [author for author in authors
+            return {"@list": [name_to_person(author) for author in authors
                               if isinstance(author, str)]}
diff --git a/swh/indexer/tests/test_metadata.py b/swh/indexer/tests/test_metadata.py
--- a/swh/indexer/tests/test_metadata.py
+++ b/swh/indexer/tests/test_metadata.py
@@ -213,7 +213,10 @@
             '@context': 'https://doi.org/10.5063/schema/codemeta-2.0',
             'name': 'test_metadata',
             'version': '0.0.2',
-            'author': 'moranegg',
+            'author': {
+                'type': 'Person',
+                'name': 'moranegg',
+            },
         }]
 
         # when
@@ -225,7 +228,10 @@
             "version": '0.0.2',
             "description": 'Simple package.json test for indexer',
             "name": ['test_1', 'test_0_1', 'test_metadata'],
-            "author": ['moranegg'],
+            "author": [{
+                'type': 'Person',
+                'name': 'moranegg'
+            }],
             "codeRepository":
                 'git+https://github.com/moranegg/metadata_test',
         }
@@ -1009,7 +1015,12 @@
         self.assertEqual(result, {
             '@context': 'https://doi.org/10.5063/schema/codemeta-2.0',
             'type': 'SoftwareSourceCode',
-            'author': ['Ruby Coder'],
+            'author': [
+                {
+                    'type': 'Person',
+                    'name': 'Ruby Coder'
+                }
+            ],
             'name': 'example',
             'license': 'https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT',
             'codeRepository': 'https://rubygems.org/gems/example',
@@ -1025,7 +1036,15 @@
 end"""
         result = self.gemspec_mapping.translate(raw_content)
         self.assertCountEqual(result.pop('author'), [
-            'Ruby Coder1', 'Ruby Coder2'])
+            {
+                'type': 'Person',
+                'name': 'Ruby Coder1'
+            },
+            {
+                'type': 'Person',
+                'name': 'Ruby Coder2'
+            },
+        ])
         self.assertEqual(result, {
             '@context': 'https://doi.org/10.5063/schema/codemeta-2.0',
             'type': 'SoftwareSourceCode',
@@ -1058,7 +1077,12 @@
         self.assertEqual(result, {
             '@context': 'https://doi.org/10.5063/schema/codemeta-2.0',
             'type': 'SoftwareSourceCode',
-            'author': ['Ruby Coder1'],
+            'author': [
+                {
+                    'type': 'Person',
+                    'name': 'Ruby Coder1'
+                }
+            ],
         })
 
     def test_gemspec_alternative_header(self):