# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/baba-sy
# Generated: 2026-08-12T16:59:12.820Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/baba-sy"
name: "Baba Sy"
slug: "baba-sy"
description: "Baba Sy was a Senegalese international draughts player and the first world champion from Africa."
tagline: "Senegalese draughts player (1935–1978)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wereldkampioenschap_dammen_te_Amsterdam%2C_Baby_Sy_-_Nationaal_Archief_-_911-6724.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1935"
deathDate: "1978-08-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.14
  momentum:             18.21937321937322
  historical:           7.016704
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Sy"
    title: "Baba Sy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Sy"
    title: "Baba Sy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Sy"
    title: "Baba Sy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Sy"
    title: "Baba Sy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Sy"
    title: "Baba Sy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nqo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DF%93%DF%8A%DF%AC%DF%93%DF%8A%DF%AB_%DF%9B%DF%8C"
    title: "ߓߊ߬ߓߊ߫ ߛߌ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Sy"
    title: "Baba Sy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%B8"
    title: "Баба Си"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q726800"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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