# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-casablancas-ubach
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:18:36.619Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-casablancas-ubach"
name: "John Casablancas  Ubach"
slug: "john-casablancas-ubach"
description: "John Casablancas was an American modeling agent and scout who founded Elite Model Management. He is credited with \"inventing the supermodel\". He was also the father of the Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas."
tagline: "American modeling agent, scout (1942–2013)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1942-12-12"
deathDate: "2013-07-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.48
  momentum:             0.2293043140303148
  historical:           10.97016
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 230
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1160858/"
    handle:    "nm1160858"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.jc-centers.com"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "جون كاسابلانكاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Casablancas"
    title: "John Casablancas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Casablancas"
    title: "John Casablancas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Casablancas"
    title: "John Casablancas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Casablancas"
    title: "John Casablancas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Casablancas"
    title: "John Casablancas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Casablancas"
    title: "John Casablancas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Casablancas"
    title: "John Casablancas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Casablancas"
    title: "John Casablancas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%81%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Касабланкас, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q786371"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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