# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-olowokandi
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:23:25.935Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-olowokandi"
name: "Michael Olowokandi"
slug: "michael-olowokandi"
description: "Michael Olowokandi is a Nigerian former professional basketball player. Born in Lagos, Nigeria, and raised in London, he played collegiately for the Pacific Tigers in Stockton, California. Nicknamed \"the Kandi Man,\" Olowokandi was selected as the first overall pick of the 1998 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Clippers. He played professionally until 2007, when he was forced to retire due to severe hernia and knee injuries."
tagline: "Nigerian basketball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_Olowokandi_with_Earl_Barron.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Nigeria"
  isoCode: "NG"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1975-04-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.88
  momentum:             0
  historical:           19.072736
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  191
  category: null
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Olowokandi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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