# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lavar-ball
# Generated: 2026-09-01T14:09:44.676Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lavar-ball"
name: "LaVar Ball"
slug: "lavar-ball"
description: "LaVar Christopher Ball is an American businessman who is the co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of sports apparel company Big Baller Brand and founder of the now defunct Junior Basketball Association (JBA). He is the father of professional basketball guards Lonzo and LaMelo Ball, the latter active for the Charlotte Hornets, while LiAngelo, his second son, is signed with Def Jam as a hip hop recording artist."
tagline: "American businessman and former professional football player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LaVar_Ball_Vytautas.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1968-10-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.11
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.045557333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%8B%89%E7%93%A6%E7%88%BE%C2%B7%E9%AE%91%E7%88%BE"
    title: "拉瓦爾·鮑爾"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%DA%A4%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "لايڤار بال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaVar_Ball"
    title: "LaVar Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaVar_Ball"
    title: "LaVar Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "لاوار بال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaVar_Ball"
    title: "LaVar Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaVar_Ball"
    title: "LaVar Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28968000"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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