# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bruce-laingen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:38:23.230Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bruce-laingen"
name: "Bruce Laingen"
slug: "bruce-laingen"
description: "Lowell Bruce Laingen was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Malta from 1977 to 1979. Laingen is best known for having been the most senior American official held hostage during the Iran hostage crisis, while serving as the chargé d'affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran."
tagline: "United States diplomat (1922-2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bruce_Laingen_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1922-08-06"
deathDate: "2019-07-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.83
  momentum:             8.68959009525669
  historical:           4.83006
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Bruce Laingen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Laingen"
    title: "Bruce Laingen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Laingen"
    title: "Bruce Laingen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF%D9%86"
    title: "بروس لینگن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Laingen"
    title: "Bruce Laingen"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4977822"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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