# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/curtly-ambrose
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:11:02.048Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/curtly-ambrose"
name: "Curtly Ambrose"
slug: "curtly-ambrose"
description: "Sir Curtly Elconn Lynwall Ambrose KCN is an Antiguan former cricketer who played 98 Test matches for the West Indies. Widely acknowledged as one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time, he took 405 Test wickets at an average of 20.99 and topped the ICC Player Rankings for much of his career to be rated the best bowler in the world. His great height—he is 6 feet 7 inches (2.01 m) tall—allowed him to make the ball bounce unusually high after he delivered it; allied to his pace and accuracy, it made him a very difficult bowler for batsmen to face. A man of few words during his career, he was notoriously reluctant to speak to journalists. He was chosen as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1992; after he retired he was entered into the International Cricket Council Hall of Fame and selected as one of West Indies all-time XI by a panel of experts."
tagline: "Antiguan former cricketer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Curtly_ambrose2_crop.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1963-09-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             6.391132624117692
  historical:           9.925038666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump