# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/luol-deng
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:49:56.884Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/luol-deng"
name: "Luol Deng"
slug: "luol-deng"
description: "Luol Ajou Deng is a South Sudanese-British former professional basketball player. He was a two-time NBA All-Star and was named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team in 2012. Born in South Sudan, then part of Sudan, Deng fled the country with his family as a child, eventually settling in the United Kingdom. He became a British citizen in 2006, and has played for the Great Britain national team."
tagline: "South Sudanese-British basketball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Deng2-20190120_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1985-04-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55.37
  momentum:             0.6964297369623393
  historical:           21.72330133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/luoldeng9"
    handle:    "luoldeng9"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/luoldeng9/"
    handle:    "luoldeng9"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/luoldeng"
    handle:    "luoldeng"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "لوول دينغ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "لوول دينج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Луол Дэнг"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Luol Deng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luol_Deng"
    title: "Luol Deng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Luol Deng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Luol Deng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Luol Deng"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Luol Deng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Luol Deng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Luol Deng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "לואול דנג"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ルオル・デン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "루올 뎅"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luol_Deng"
    title: "Luol Deng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luols_Dengs"
    title: "Luols Dengs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luol_Deng"
    title: "Luol Deng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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