# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jean-potvin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:41:47.511Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jean-potvin"
name: "Jean Potvin"
slug: "jean-potvin"
description: "Jean René Potvin was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played eleven seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the Los Angeles Kings, Philadelphia Flyers, New York Islanders, Cleveland Barons, and Minnesota North Stars from 1970 to 1981. He was the older brother of Denis Potvin and cousin of Marc Potvin."
tagline: "Canadian ice hockey player (1949–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jean_Potvin_1973.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1949-03-25"
deathDate: "2022-03-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.78
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.220952
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Жан Потвен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%AA%DA%A4%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "چين پوتڤين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Potvin"
    title: "Jean Potvin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Potvin"
    title: "Jean Potvin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Potvin"
    title: "Jean Potvin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%96%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Потвен, Жан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Potvin"
    title: "Jean Potvin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Potvin"
    title: "Jean Potvin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3174090"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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