# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jack-f-matlock-jr
# Generated: 2026-08-15T11:14:11.761Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jack-f-matlock-jr"
name: "Jack F. Matlock, Jr."
slug: "jack-f-matlock-jr"
description: "Jack Foust Matlock Jr. is an American former ambassador, career Foreign Service Officer, teacher, historian, and linguist. He was a specialist in Soviet affairs during some of the most tumultuous years of the Cold War, and served as the U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1987 to 1991."
tagline: "American diplomat"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jack_Matlock_19860107.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1929-10-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.79
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.379269333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Matlock"
    title: "Jack Matlock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jack_F._Matlock_Jr."
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%84%D9%88%D9%83_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%86"
    title: "جون ماتلوك الابن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%83_%D8%A7%D9%81._%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%84%D9%88%D9%83"
    title: "چاك اف. ماتلوك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Matlock"
    title: "Jack Matlock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_F._Matlock_Jr."
    title: "Jack F. Matlock Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C5%BEeks_Metloks"
    title: "Džeks Metloks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_F._Matlock%2C_Jr."
    title: "Jack F. Matlock, Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%8D%D1%82%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BA%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BA"
    title: "Мэтлок, Джек"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_F._Matlock_Jr."
    title: "Jack F. Matlock Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4309932"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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