# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-d-watkins
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:19:58.139Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-d-watkins"
name: "James D. Watkins"
slug: "james-d-watkins"
description: "James David Watkins was a United States Navy admiral and former Chief of Naval Operations who served as the United States Secretary of Energy during the George H. W. Bush administration, also chairing U.S. government commissions on HIV/AIDS and ocean policy. Watkins also served on the boards of various companies and other nongovernmental organizations and as the co-chair of the Joint Ocean Commission Initiative."
tagline: "Chief of U.S. Naval operations (1982–86), 6th U.S. Secretary of Energy (1989–93)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Admiral_James_Watkins%2C_official_military_photo.JPEG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1927-03-07"
deathDate: "2012-07-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.4
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.62221733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "James D. Watkins"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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