# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jerry-buss
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:31:46.011Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jerry-buss"
name: "Jerry Buss"
slug: "jerry-buss"
description: "Gerald Hatten Buss was an American businessman, investor, chemist, and philanthropist. He was the majority owner of the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), winning 10 league championships that were highlighted by the team's Showtime era during the 1980s. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a contributor. Buss owned other professional sports franchises in Southern California."
tagline: "American businessman and real estate investor (1933–2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jerry_Buss_playing_the_WSOP.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1933-01-27"
deathDate: "2013-02-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.99
  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.11021866666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 105
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0124406/"
    handle:    "nm0124406"
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jerry Buss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jerry Buss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Buss"
    title: "Jerry Buss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jerry Buss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jerry Buss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jerry Buss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jerry Buss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Басс, Джерри"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jerry Buss"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1509908"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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