# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frank-j-shakespeare
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:24:49.284Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frank-j-shakespeare"
name: "Frank J. Shakespeare"
slug: "frank-j-shakespeare"
description: "Francis Joseph Shakespeare was an American diplomat, political consultant and media executive. He was a vice president of the CBS network, and an executive vice president, before entering public service. He served as the United States ambassador to Portugal from 1985 to 1986 and the United States ambassador to the Holy See from 1986 to 1989. He later served as an honorary member of the board of trustees for The Heritage Foundation."
tagline: "American businessman and diplomat (1925–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frank_Shakespeare_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1925-04-09"
deathDate: "2022-12-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.58
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.942477333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Shakespeare"
    title: "Frank Shakespeare"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "فرانك شاكيسپاير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9_%D8%B4%D8%A6%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B1"
    title: "فرانک شئیکسپئیر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_J._Shakespeare"
    title: "Frank J. Shakespeare"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Shakespeare"
    title: "Francis Shakespeare"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Shakespeare"
    title: "Frank Shakespeare"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Shakespeare"
    title: "Frank Shakespeare"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5489521"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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