# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mel-peterson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:00:32.925Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mel-peterson"
name: "Mel Peterson"
slug: "mel-peterson"
description: "Melvin Lowell Peterson is an American former National Basketball Association (NBA) and American Basketball Association (ABA) player."
tagline: "American basketball player"
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: "1938-03-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.2
  momentum:             5.454545454545454
  historical:           6.537005333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Peterson"
    title: "Mel Peterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ميل بيترسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ميل بيترسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Peterson"
    title: "Mel Peterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Peterson"
    title: "Mel Peterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%84_%D9%BE%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "مل پترسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Peterson"
    title: "Mel Peterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q648455"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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