# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jamie-russell
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:46:02.206Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jamie-russell"
name: "Jamie Russell"
slug: "jamie-russell"
description: "James Russell is a Canadian basketball player, Olympian and a surgeon. His accomplishments include being the youngest starter for the Canadian men's national basketball team, performing well for Canada in multiple international tournaments, and being named the Canadian university (\"CIAU\") MVP in 1976. After his basketball career, Russell distinguished himself in the field of general surgery."
tagline: "Canadian basketball player"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1952-04-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           36.81
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.336789333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%B0%E7%B1%B3%C2%B7%E6%8B%89%E5%A1%9E%E5%B0%94"
    title: "杰米·拉塞尔"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "جيمي راسيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%89_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "جيمى راسيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Russell"
    title: "Jamie Russell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Russell"
    title: "Jamie Russell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Russell"
    title: "Jamie Russell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%DB%8C_%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%84"
    title: "جیمی رسل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3806810"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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