# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dikembe-mutombo
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:41:47.287Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dikembe-mutombo"
name: "Dikembe Mutombo"
slug: "dikembe-mutombo"
description: "Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean-Jacques Wamutombo was a Congolese-American professional basketball player who played center in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 18 seasons. Nicknamed \"Mt. Mutombo\", he is commonly regarded as one of the best shot-blockers and defensive players of all time. Outside of basketball, he was known for his humanitarian work."
tagline: "Congolese-American basketball player (1966–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dikembe_Mutombo_at_the_Aspire4Sport_Congress_in_Doha._crop.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1966-06-25"
deathDate: "2024-09-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           24.675536
  currentAttention:     51.64
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: 96
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-category-fill