# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-r-lilley
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:37:32.239Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-r-lilley"
name: "James R. Lilley"
slug: "james-r-lilley"
description: "James Roderick Lilley was a CIA operative and an American diplomat. He served as United States ambassador to China from 1989 to 1991."
tagline: "American diplomat (1928-2009)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Roderick_Lilley.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1928-01-15"
deathDate: "2009-11-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.37
  momentum:             2.5
  historical:           6.365805333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%8E%E6%B4%81%E6%98%8E"
    title: "李洁明"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A"
    title: "جيمس ليلي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_R._Lilley"
    title: "James R. Lilley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_R._Lilley"
    title: "James R. Lilley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A0%9C%EC%9E%84%EC%8A%A4_%EB%A6%B4%EB%A6%AC"
    title: "제임스 릴리"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_R._Lilley"
    title: "James R. Lilley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%8E%E6%BD%94%E6%98%8E_(%E7%BE%8E%E5%9C%8B)"
    title: "李潔明 (美國)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6141673"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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