# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ralph-sampson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:13:42.887Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ralph-sampson"
name: "Ralph Sampson"
slug: "ralph-sampson"
description: "Ralph Lee Sampson Jr. is an American former professional basketball player. He is a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. A 7-foot-4-inch (2.24 m) phenom, three-time college national player of the year, and first overall selection in the 1983 NBA draft, Sampson brought heavy expectations with him to the National Basketball Association (NBA)."
tagline: "American basketball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ralph_Sampson_at_Family_farm_in_McGaheysville%2C_Virginia_on_May_23%2C_2024_(cropped).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: "1960-07-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.581010101010101
  historical:           20.88081866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3949409/"
    handle:    "nm3949409"
sources:
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    title: "Ralph Sampson"
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    title: "Сэмпсон, Ральф"
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    title: "Ralph Sampson"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Ralph Sampson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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