# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ruben-patterson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:18:22.589Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ruben-patterson"
name: "Ruben Patterson"
slug: "ruben-patterson"
description: "Ruben Nathaniel Patterson is an American former professional basketball player. During his career, he played as a small forward and shooting guard. During his college career at the University of Cincinnati, Patterson helped lead the Bearcats to Conference USA titles in both of his seasons there. Drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in 1998, Patterson began his career with the Greek team AEK Athens BC before joining the Lakers in his rookie season. Later, he played professionally in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Seattle SuperSonics, Portland Trail Blazers, Denver Nuggets, Milwaukee Bucks, and Los Angeles Clippers before ending his career with Champville SC in Lebanon."
tagline: "American basketball player (born 1975)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ruben_Patterson_on_bench.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1975-07-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.96
  momentum:             3.881499395405079
  historical:           9.107033333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "鲁本·帕特森"
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    title: "Ρούμπεν Πάτερσον"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruben_Patterson"
    title: "Ruben Patterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruben_Patterson"
    title: "Ruben Patterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruben_Patterson"
    title: "Ruben Patterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%91%D7%9F_%D7%A4%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "רובן פטרסון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruben_Patterson"
    title: "Ruben Patterson"
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    title: "Рубен Паттерсон"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump