# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ronnie-lester
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:38:31.650Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ronnie-lester"
name: "Ronnie Lester"
slug: "ronnie-lester"
description: "Ronnie Lester is an American former professional basketball player and basketball executive. Lester was an NCAA All-American at the University of Iowa, leading Iowa to the 1980 NCAA Final Four. Lester was a member of the 1979 USA Basketball team that won the gold medal in the 1979 Pan-American Games. Lester was the No. 10 overall selection in the first round of the 1980 NBA draft. After an injury-filled career, which included winning an NBA title with the 1985 Los Angeles Lakers, Lester worked as a scout for the Lakers, and eventually became the team's assistant general manager. After 24 years in the Lakers organization, with seven NBA titles, Lester served as a scout for the Phoenix Suns from 2011 to 2015."
tagline: "American basketball player"
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: "1959-01-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.49
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.159829333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "龙尼·莱斯特"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "روني ليستر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D9%89_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "رونى ليستر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Lester"
    title: "Ronnie Lester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Lester"
    title: "Ronnie Lester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Lester"
    title: "Ronnie Lester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Lester"
    title: "Ronnie Lester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Lester"
    title: "Ronnie Lester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Lester"
    title: "Ronnie Lester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%96_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Ронні Лестер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2328853"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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