# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chris-andersen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:09:07.080Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chris-andersen"
name: "Chris Andersen"
slug: "chris-andersen"
description: "Christopher Claus Andersen is an American former professional basketball player. Nicknamed \"Birdman\" for his wingspan and blocking prowess, Andersen was born in Long Beach, California, grew up in Iola, Texas, and played one year at Blinn College. Andersen began his professional career in the Chinese Basketball Association and the American minor leagues."
tagline: "American basketball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chris_%22Birdman%22_Andersen_2009.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: "1978-07-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55.23
  momentum:             1.092466976079971
  historical:           21.05410933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 249
sources:
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    title: "Chris Andersen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%A3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%86"
    title: "كريس أندرسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كريس اندرسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Andersen"
    title: "Chris Andersen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Andersen"
    title: "Chris Andersen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Andersen"
    title: "Chris Andersen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Andersen"
    title: "Chris Andersen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "کریس اندرسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Andersen"
    title: "Chris Andersen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Andersen"
    title: "Chris Andersen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Andersen"
    title: "Chris Andersen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "כריס אנדרסן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Քրիս Անդերսեն"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Andersen"
    title: "Chris Andersen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BB%E3%83%B3"
    title: "クリス・アンダーセン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kriss_Andersens"
    title: "Kriss Andersens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Крис Андерсен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Chris Andersen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Andersen"
    title: "Chris Andersen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Andersen"
    title: "Chris Andersen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Andersen"
    title: "Chris Andersen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Андерсен, Крис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Andersen"
    title: "Chris Andersen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Andersen"
    title: "Chris Andersen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://szy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Andersen"
    title: "Chris Andersen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q717944"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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