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Occupation

BASKETBALL PLAYERS

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With 1,268 biographies, Basketball Players are the 12th most common occupation in Pantheon, behind Film Directors, Military Personnels, and Painters.

People

Pantheon has 1,485 people classified as basketball players born between 1905 and 2002. Of these 1,485, 1,338 (90.10%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living basketball players include Michael Jordan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Shaquille O'Neal. The most famous deceased basketball players include Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, and Kobe Bryant. As of April 2022, 215 new basketball players have been added to Pantheon including Vinko Jelovac, Petar Skansi, and Alzhan Zharmukhamedov.

Living Basketball Players

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Deceased Basketball Players

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Newly Added Basketball Players (2022)

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Places

Most basketball players were born in United States (891), Serbia (46), and Lithuania (43). By city, the most common birth places were Chicago (31), Los Angeles (27), and Brooklyn (24).The most common death places of basketball players were United States (107), Russia (5), and Georgia (3). By city, these were Los Angeles (5), Houston (4), and Scottsdale, Arizona (3).

Places Over Time

The earliest biographies classified as basketball players in Pantheon are Tex Gibbons, Rodolfo Choperena, and Raúl Fernández.  The concentration of basketball players was largest during the Television Era, which lasted from 1950 to 1989. Some birth or death locations for earlier basketball players are unknown, which may account for timeline differences below.

Overlapping Lives

Which Basketball Players were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 25 most globally memorable Basketball Players since 1700.

Related Occupations

Basketball Players are found within the Sports domain which also includes Soccer Players, Athletes, Cyclists, Tennis Players, and Racing Drivers.

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