# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/julius-erving
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:05:27.390Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/julius-erving"
name: "Julius Erving"
slug: "julius-erving"
description: "Julius Winfield Erving II, commonly known by the nickname \"Dr. J\", is an American former professional basketball player. He helped legitimize the American Basketball Association (ABA), and was the best-known player in the league when it merged into the National Basketball Association (NBA) after the 1975–1976 season."
tagline: "American basketball player (born 1950)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Julius_Erving_2016.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1950-02-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  currentAttention:     23.08
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  232
  category: 89
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-category-fill