# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-silas
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:37:03.068Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-silas"
name: "Paul Silas"
slug: "paul-silas"
description: "Paul Theron Silas was an American professional basketball player and head coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA). As a player, he was a two-time NBA All-Star and earned five selections to the NBA All-Defensive Team, including twice on the first team. He won three NBA championships: two with the Boston Celtics and one with the Seattle SuperSonics. Silas is the leader in most rebounds per game with 12.1 in Suns franchise history."
tagline: "American basketball player and coach (1943–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul_Silas_1977_press_photo_by_Seattle_SuperSonics.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1943-07-12"
deathDate: "2022-12-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.13
  momentum:             1.518562069544767
  historical:           14.18018533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BF%9D%E7%BE%85%C2%B7%E5%A1%9E%E6%8B%89%E6%96%AF"
    title: "保羅·塞拉斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "بول سيلاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "بول سيلاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Silas"
    title: "Paul Silas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Silas"
    title: "Paul Silas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Silas"
    title: "Paul Silas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%84_%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%B3"
    title: "پل سایلس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Silas"
    title: "Paul Silas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%9C_%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%A1"
    title: "פול סיילאס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%B2l_Silas"
    title: "Pòl Silas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Silas"
    title: "Paul Silas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9D%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ポール・サイラス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Silas"
    title: "Paul Silas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Silas"
    title: "Paul Silas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%2C_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB"
    title: "Сайлас, Пол"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Silas"
    title: "Paul Silas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2562208"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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