# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-mikan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:29:35.317Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-mikan"
name: "George Mikan"
slug: "george-mikan"
description: "George Lawrence Mikan Jr., nicknamed \"Mr. Basketball\", was an American professional basketball player for the Chicago American Gears of the National Basketball League (NBL) and the Minneapolis Lakers of the NBL, the Basketball Association of America (BAA) and the National Basketball Association (NBA). Invariably playing with thick, round spectacles, the 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m), 245 lb (111 kg) Mikan was one of the pioneers of professional basketball. Through his size and play, he redefined basketball as a game dominated in his day by \"big men\". His prolific rebounding, shot blocking, and ability to shoot over smaller defenders with his ambidextrous hook shot all helped to change the game. He also used the underhanded free-throw shooting technique long before Rick Barry made it his signature shot."
tagline: "American basketball player, coach, commissioner"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George_mikan_1958_press_photo.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: "1924-06-18"
deathDate: "2005-06-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           57.81
  momentum:             2.704557281654384
  historical:           21.97610933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 245
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://georgemikan.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Džordžs Mikans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جورج ميكان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جورج ميكان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "George Mikan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mikan"
    title: "George Mikan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mikan"
    title: "George Mikan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mikan"
    title: "George Mikan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Τζορτζ Μάικαν"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "George Mikan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mikan"
    title: "George Mikan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جورج مایکن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "George Mikan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mikan"
    title: "George Mikan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ג'ורג' מייקן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "George Mikan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ջորջ Մայքեն"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mikan"
    title: "George Mikan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mikan"
    title: "George Mikan"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mikan"
    title: "George Mikan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ジョージ・マイカン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ჯორჯ მაიკენი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Джордж Майкен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B0%EC%A7%80_%EB%A7%88%EC%9D%B4%EC%BB%A8"
    title: "조지 마이컨"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mikan"
    title: "George Mikan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314185"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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