# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/billy-knight
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:41:05.264Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/billy-knight"
name: "Billy Knight"
slug: "billy-knight"
description: "William R. Knight is an American former professional basketball player and executive. Playing with the Indiana Pacers in both the American Basketball Association (ABA) and later the National Basketball Association (NBA), he was both an ABA and NBA All-Star. He played college basketball with the Pittsburgh Panthers, who retired his No. 34."
tagline: "American basketball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BKnightPitt74NCAA_Owlp165.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: "1952-06-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.585961794757885
  historical:           12.093888
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "比利·奈特"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بيلي نايت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Billy Knight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Knight"
    title: "Billy Knight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Knight"
    title: "Billy Knight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Knight"
    title: "Billy Knight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99_%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%99%D7%98"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Billy Knight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Найт, Билли"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Knight_(1957-yilda_tug%CA%BBilgan_basketbolchi)"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump