# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sam-perkins
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:53:28.965Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sam-perkins"
name: "Sam Perkins"
slug: "sam-perkins"
description: "Samuel Bruce Perkins is an American former professional basketball player and executive. Perkins was a three-time college All-American, was a member of the 1982 national champion North Carolina Tar Heels, and won a gold medal with the 1984 United States men's Olympic basketball team. Perkins played professionally in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 17 seasons."
tagline: "American basketball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sam_Perkins_2016_(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: "1961-06-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.19
  momentum:             0
  historical:           18.24113866666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "萨姆·帕金斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "سام بيركينز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "سام بيركينز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Perkins"
    title: "Sam Perkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Perkins"
    title: "Sam Perkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Perkins"
    title: "Sam Perkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%BE%D8%B1%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "سام پرکینز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Perkins"
    title: "Sam Perkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Perkins"
    title: "Sam Perkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%9D_%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%A1"
    title: "סם פרקינס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Սեմ Պերկինս"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Perkins"
    title: "Sam Perkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9"
    title: "サム・パーキンス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Perkins"
    title: "Sam Perkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Perkins"
    title: "Sam Perkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Perkins"
    title: "Sam Perkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Perkins"
    title: "Sam Perkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%2C_%D0%A1%D1%8D%D0%BC"
    title: "Перкинс, Сэм"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Perkins"
    title: "Sam Perkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BC_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%81"
    title: "Сем Перкінс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Perkins"
    title: "Sam Perkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1361081"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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