# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ben-wilson-q816636
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:02:31.216Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ben-wilson-q816636"
name: "Ben Wilson"
slug: "ben-wilson-q816636"
description: "Benjamin Wilson Jr. was an American high school basketball player from Chicago, Illinois. Wilson, a Neal F. Simeon Vocational High School basketball player, was regarded as the top high school player in the U.S. by scouts and coaches attending the 1984 Athletes For Better Education basketball camp. Wilson is noted as the first Chicago athlete to receive this honor. On November 21, 1984, Wilson died due to injuries he sustained in a shooting the day before."
tagline: "American high school basketball player (1967–1984)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/62/Benji_Wilson_Basketball.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1967-03-18"
deathDate: "1984-11-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.51
  momentum:             10
  historical:           6.733293333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Wilson"
    title: "Ben Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A9)"
    title: "بين ويلسون (لاعب كرة سلة)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%87_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7)"
    title: "بين ويلسون (لاعب كورة سله من امريكا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Wilson_(Basketballspieler)"
    title: "Ben Wilson (Basketballspieler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Wilson_(basketball)"
    title: "Ben Wilson (basketball)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%9F_%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "בן וילסון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Бен Вилсон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q816636"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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