# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-costos
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:48:20.603Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-costos"
name: "James Costos"
slug: "james-costos"
description: "James Costos is an American diplomat who was the United States Ambassador to Spain and Andorra from 2013 to 2017. He was appointed by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the United States Senate on August 1, 2013."
tagline: "American diplomat"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ambassador_costos_official-301x376.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1963"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.98
  momentum:             15
  historical:           4.830492
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/JamesCostos"
    handle:    "JamesCostos"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://madrid.usembassy.gov/"
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "جيمس كوستوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Costos"
    title: "James Costos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Costos"
    title: "James Costos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Costos"
    title: "James Costos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Costos"
    title: "James Costos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16195015"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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