# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kareem-abdul-jabbar
# Generated: 2026-09-01T05:04:31.931Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/kareem-abdul-jabbar"
name: "Kareem Abdul-Jabbar"
slug: "kareem-abdul-jabbar"
description: "He held the NBA's all-time scoring record for 39 years — longer than most careers last — and retired with six MVP awards, a figure no one else has matched. The skyhook was unguardable, the career arc nearly two decades long, and the name itself a statement: Lew Alcindor became Kareem Abdul-Jabbar at 24, a year after his first championship."
tagline: "American basketball player"
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birthDate: "1947-04-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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totalFollowers: 24600
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr. in 1947, he dominated New York City high school ball with 71 straight wins at Power Memorial, then won three consecutive national championships at UCLA under John Wooden. Drafted first overall by Milwaukee in 1969, he led the Bucks to a title in 1971 and took the name Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Traded to the Lakers in 1975, he anchored the Showtime era across 14 seasons, winning five more championships and twice taking Finals MVP. He played 20 seasons, reached ten Finals, and retired in 1989 as the league's all-time leading scorer with 38,387 points — a mark that stood until LeBron James in 2023. Barack Obama gave him the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016.