The Most Famous
BASKETBALL PLAYERS from Martinique
This page contains a list of the greatest Basketball Players. The pantheon dataset contains 1,757 Basketball Players, 1 of which were born in Martinique. This makes Martinique the birth place of the 65th most number of Basketball Players behind Portugal, and Philippines.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Basketball Players of all time. This list of famous Basketball Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Mathias Lessort (b. 1995)
With an HPI of 34.28, Mathias Lessort is the most famous Basketball Player. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.
Mathias Michel Lessort (born 29 September 1995) is a French professional basketball player for Panathinaikos of the Greek Basketball League (GBL) and the EuroLeague. He stands 206 cm (6’9’’) tall and plays at the center position. A two-time All-EuroLeague First Team selection in 2023 and 2024, Lessort won the EuroLeague title in 2024 with Panathinaikos.
2. Ronny Turiaf (b. 1983)
With an HPI of 34.12, Ronny Turiaf is the 2nd most famous Basketball Player. His biography has been translated into 25 different languages.
Ronny Turiaf ( ROH-nee TUR-ee-ahf, French: [ʁɔni tyʁijaf]; born 13 January 1983) is a French former professional basketball player who played 10 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Turiaf grew up in France and played college basketball for the Gonzaga Bulldogs in the United States, where he led the West Coast Conference (WCC) in scoring in his senior year. After graduating from Gonzaga, he entered the 2005 NBA draft and was picked by the Los Angeles Lakers. He later played for the Golden State Warriors, New York Knicks, Washington Wizards, Miami Heat, Los Angeles Clippers and Minnesota Timberwolves. Turiaf won an NBA championship with Miami in 2012. He was also a member of the French national team. He was inducted into the French Basketball Hall of Fame in 2020.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as basketball players born between 1983 and 1995. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living basketball players include Mathias Lessort, and Ronny Turiaf. As of April 2024, 1 new basketball players have been added to Pantheon including Mathias Lessort.
