# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ernie-banks
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:00:19.804Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ernie-banks"
name: "Ernie Banks"
slug: "ernie-banks"
description: "Ernest Banks, nicknamed \"Mr. Cub\" and \"Mr. Sunshine\", was an American professional baseball player who starred in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a shortstop and first baseman for the Chicago Cubs between 1953 and 1971. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1977 in his first year of eligibility, and was named to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team in 1999."
tagline: "American baseball player and coach"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/14_Ernie_Banks_Medal_of_Freedom_White_House.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1931-01-31"
deathDate: "2015-01-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.16
  momentum:             0.9523339781407091
  historical:           19.02048
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0052149/"
    handle:    "nm0052149"
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    title: "Ernie Banks"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Banks"
    title: "Ernie Banks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ernie Banks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ernie Banks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ernie Banks"
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    title: "Ernie Banks"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump