# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lorenzo-charles
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:19:59.292Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lorenzo-charles"
name: "Lorenzo Charles"
slug: "lorenzo-charles"
description: "Lorenzo Emile Charles was an American college and professional basketball player. A native of Brooklyn, New York, Charles played collegiately for the NC State Wolfpack and scored the game-winning points in the championship game of the 1983 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. He played briefly in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and for several professional teams in Europe. Charles died in a bus accident on June 27, 2011, at age 47."
tagline: "Basketball player (1963–2011)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fc/Lorenzo_Emile_Charles.jpg/330px-Lorenzo_Emile_Charles.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1963-11-25"
deathDate: "2011-06-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.71
  momentum:             15
  historical:           6.591509333333335
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 243
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B4%9B%E4%BC%A6%E4%BD%90%C2%B7%E6%9F%A5%E5%B0%94%E6%96%AF"
    title: "洛伦佐·查尔斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2%D9%88_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B2"
    title: "لورينزو تشارلز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2%D9%88_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B2"
    title: "لورينزو تشارلز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzo_Charles"
    title: "Lorenzo Charles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzo_Charles"
    title: "Lorenzo Charles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzo_Charles"
    title: "Lorenzo Charles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzo_Charles"
    title: "Lorenzo Charles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q523214"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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