# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nikos-galis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:53:07.165Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nikos-galis"
name: "Nikos Galis"
slug: "nikos-galis"
description: "Nikolaos Georgalis, commonly known as either Nikos Galis or Nick Galis, is a Greek former professional basketball player. Galis, who during his playing days was nicknamed \"Nick The Greek\", \"The Gangster\", and \"The Iron Man\", is widely regarded as Europe 's greatest scorer to ever play the game, and as one of the all-time greatest players in FIBA international basketball history. In 1991, Galis was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players. In 2007, he became an inaugural member of the FIBA Hall of Fame. In 2008, he was chosen as one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors. In 2017, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. In 2018, he was named one of the 101 Greats of European Basketball. In 2022, he was inducted in to the Greek Basket League Hall of Fame."
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image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nikos_Galis_Panathinaikos_1992.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1957-07-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  60
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: 185
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump