# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-limbert
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:33:03.434Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-limbert"
name: "John Limbert"
slug: "john-limbert"
description: "John W. Limbert is an American diplomat. He is the former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Iran in the US State Department's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs. He is a veteran U.S. diplomat and a former official at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, where he was held captive during the Iran hostage crisis."
tagline: "American diplomat"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ambassador_John_W._Limbert%2C_Deputy_Assistant_Secretary_for_Iran.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1943"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.64
  momentum:             2.770870337477798
  historical:           5.292550666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA"
    title: "جان لیمبرت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA"
    title: "جون ليمبيرت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Limbert"
    title: "John W. Limbert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Limbert"
    title: "John Limbert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Limbert"
    title: "John Limbert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5952518"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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