# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-f-tefft
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:06:48.408Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-f-tefft"
name: "John F. Tefft"
slug: "john-f-tefft"
description: "John F. Tefft is an American diplomat who has served as a Foreign Service Officer since 1972. He was the United States Ambassador to Russia between July 31, 2014 and September 28, 2017. He had previously served as the United States' ambassador to Ukraine, Georgia, and Lithuania."
tagline: "U.S. Foreign Service Officer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_F_Tefft_ambassador_2009.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1949-08-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.61
  momentum:             16.29489603024575
  historical:           11.17635333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-tefft-284090b/"
    handle:    "john-tefft-284090b"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7359624/"
    handle:    "nm7359624"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "جون تيفت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جون تيفت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Tefft"
    title: "John F. Tefft"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Tefft"
    title: "John F. Tefft"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Tefft"
    title: "John F. Tefft"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Tefft"
    title: "John F. Tefft"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Tefft"
    title: "John F. Tefft"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Tefft"
    title: "John F. Tefft"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Теффт, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Джон Теффт"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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