# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/j-walter-kennedy
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:39:59.526Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/j-walter-kennedy"
name: "J. Walter Kennedy"
slug: "j-walter-kennedy"
description: "James Walter Kennedy was an American businessman, politician, and commissioner of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1963 until 1975."
tagline: "American politician (1912–1977)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1912-06-08"
deathDate: "1977-06-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.02
  momentum:             7.80837972458248
  historical:           12.218808
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%96"
    title: "Волтер Кеннеді"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A"
    title: "والتر كينيدي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%89"
    title: "والتر كينيدى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C._%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%AF%DB%8C"
    title: "جی. والتر کندی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Kennedy_(Sportfunktion%C3%A4r)"
    title: "Walter Kennedy (Sportfunktionär)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Walter_Kennedy"
    title: "J. Walter Kennedy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Kennedy"
    title: "Walter Kennedy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Kennedy"
    title: "Walter Kennedy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%99%D7%99._%D7%95%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%98%D7%A8_%D7%A7%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%99"
    title: "ג'יי. וולטר קנדי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Kennedy"
    title: "Walter Kennedy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Kennedy_(dirigente_sportivo)"
    title: "Walter Kennedy (dirigente sportivo)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0_%E1%83%99%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94%E1%83%93%E1%83%98"
    title: "უოლტერ კენედი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Kennedy"
    title: "Walter Kennedy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A3%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Кеннеди, Уолтер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2142554"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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