# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ben-wallace-q295364
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:38:56.753Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ben-wallace-q295364"
name: "Ben Wallace"
slug: "ben-wallace-q295364"
description: "Benjamin Camey Wallace is an American basketball executive and former professional player who played most of his career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Detroit Pistons. Nicknamed \"Big Ben\", he is often considered the greatest undrafted player in NBA history. He is also widely regarded as one of the best defensive players of all time, excelling in rebounding, shot-blocking, and interior defense."
tagline: "American basketball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BenWallaceCloseup_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1974-09-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.91731333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 246
platforms:
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    handle:    "benwallace"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump