# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lana-marks
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:25:19.300Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lana-marks"
name: "Lana Marks"
slug: "lana-marks"
description: "Lana J. Marks is a South African-born American business executive who founded the eponymous fashion brand. She is the former United States Ambassador to South Africa, having served from 2020 to 2021."
tagline: "American fashion designer and former ambassador to South Africa"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lana_J._Marks_official_photo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Designers"
  slug: "designers"
profileType:
  name: "Designer"
  slug: "designer"
birthDate: "1953-11-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.88
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.282146666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1083855/"
    handle:    "nm1083855"
sources:
  - url: "https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lana_Marks"
    title: "Lana Marks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lana_Marks"
    title: "Lana Marks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lana_Marks"
    title: "Lana Marks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%B3"
    title: "لانا مارکس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%A0%D7%94_%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%A7%D7%A1"
    title: "לנה מרקס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lana_Marks"
    title: "Lana Marks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lana_Marks"
    title: "Lana Marks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lana_Marks"
    title: "Lana Marks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6482848"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4549957"
    title: "Lana Marks"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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