# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sam-bowie
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:59:02.598Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sam-bowie"
name: "Sam Bowie"
slug: "sam-bowie"
description: "Samuel Paul Bowie is an American former professional basketball player. A national sensation in high school and outstanding collegian and Olympic team member, Bowie's professional promise was undermined by repeated injuries to his legs and feet. In spite of the setbacks, the 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) and 235 lb (107 kg) center played ten seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA)."
tagline: "American basketball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sam_Bowie_-_Lebanon_High_School_1978_-_02.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: "1961-03-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           58.02
  momentum:             8.199492826887678
  historical:           18.45792666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 247
sources:
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    title: "萨姆·鲍威"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Bowie"
    title: "Sam Bowie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Bowie"
    title: "Sam Bowie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Bowie"
    title: "Sam Bowie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Bowie"
    title: "Sam Bowie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sam Bowie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Սեմ Բոուի"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sam Bowie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sam Bowie"
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    title: "Sam Bowie"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Bowie"
    title: "Sam Bowie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%83%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A1%D1%8D%D0%BC"
    title: "Боуи, Сэм"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sam Bowie"
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  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Bowie"
    title: "Sam Bowie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BC_%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%83%D1%97"
    title: "Сем Боуї"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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