# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ivan-castro
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:26:38.253Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ivan-castro"
name: "Iván Castro"
slug: "ivan-castro"
description: "Iván Castro is a former United States Army officer who continued serving on active duty in the Special Forces despite losing his eyesight. He was one of three blind active duty officers who served in the U.S. Army and the only blind officer serving in the United States Army Special Forces. Castro served at the Special Operations Recruiting Battalion as the Assistant Operations Officer/Total Army Involvement Recruiting Coordinator before his retirement in 2017. He is an advocate of rehabilitation, employment and education for those wounded in combat and participates in various races and marathons as a contestant."
tagline: "Blind officer in the United States Army Rangers"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lt._Castro_4pg.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1967"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.16
  momentum:             10
  historical:           5.289382666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iv%C3%A1n_Castro"
    title: "Iván Castro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88"
    title: "إيفان كاسترو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bat_smg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iv%C3%A1n_Castro"
    title: "Iván Castro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iv%C3%A1n_Castro"
    title: "Iván Castro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88"
    title: "ایوان کاسترو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iv%C3%A1n_Castro"
    title: "Iván Castro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3246479"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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