# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bob-love
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:12:28.118Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bob-love"
name: "Bob Love"
slug: "bob-love"
description: "Robert Earl Love was an American professional basketball player who spent the prime of his career with the National Basketball Association's Chicago Bulls. A versatile forward who could shoot with either his left or right hand, Love later worked as the Bulls' director of community affairs and goodwill ambassador. Love was nicknamed \"Butterbean\", which dates back to his boyhood when he was fond of the legume."
tagline: "American basketball player (1942–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BobLove10.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1942-12-08"
deathDate: "2024-11-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.03
  momentum:             3.202346041055718
  historical:           17.70977466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm14208509/"
    handle:    "nm14208509"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%B2%8D%E5%8B%83%C2%B7%E6%B4%9B%E5%A4%AB"
    title: "鲍勃·洛夫"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بوب لوف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8_%D9%84%D9%88%D9%81"
    title: "بوب لوف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Love"
    title: "Bob Love"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Love"
    title: "Bob Love"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Love"
    title: "Bob Love"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Love"
    title: "Bob Love"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Love"
    title: "Bob Love"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%95%D7%91_%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%91"
    title: "בוב לאב"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%AC_%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%B5"
    title: "बॉब लव"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B2%D5%B8%D5%A2_%D4%BC%D5%A1%D5%BE"
    title: "Բոբ Լավ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Love"
    title: "Bob Love"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9C%E3%83%96%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%96"
    title: "ボブ・ラブ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%AC%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%AC%E0%B3%8D_%E0%B2%B2%E0%B2%B5%E0%B3%8D"
    title: "ಬಾಬ್ ಲವ್"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B0%A5_%EB%9F%AC%EB%B8%8C"
    title: "밥 러브"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Love"
    title: "Bob Love"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%B2%2C_%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%B1"
    title: "Лав, Боб"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Love"
    title: "Bob Love"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Love"
    title: "Bob Love"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%B1_%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%B2"
    title: "Боб Лав"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q616049"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2474603"
    title: "Bob Love"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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