# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pop-gates
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:04:22.344Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pop-gates"
name: "Pop Gates"
slug: "pop-gates"
description: "William Penn \"Pop\" Gates was an American professional basketball player. Considered one of the top players of his day, he was among the first African American players signed to the National Basketball League, which through merger became today's National Basketball Association."
tagline: "American basketball player (1917–1999)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pop_Gates_(cropped).jpeg?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: "1917-08-30"
deathDate: "1999-12-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.26
  momentum:             1.514195583596215
  historical:           7.21314
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_Gates"
    title: "Pop Gates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%BE_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "پوپ جاتيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_Gates"
    title: "Pop Gates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_Gates"
    title: "Pop Gates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_Gates"
    title: "Pop Gates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_Gates"
    title: "Pop Gates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_Gates"
    title: "Pop Gates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%82%D1%81%2C_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BF"
    title: "Гейтс, Поп"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3908360"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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