# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wayne-embry
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:30:35.604Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wayne-embry"
name: "Wayne Embry"
slug: "wayne-embry"
description: "Wayne Richard Embry is an American former professional basketball player and basketball executive. Embry's 11-year playing career as a center spanned from 1958 to 1969 playing for the Cincinnati Royals, Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks, all of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After his playing career, Embry transitioned to a career as a professional basketball executive, becoming the first African American general manager and team president in NBA history. In 1999, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame."
tagline: "American basketball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wayne_Embry.jpeg?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: "1937-03-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.85
  momentum:             0.6604194556001785
  historical:           10.95267066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "韦恩·恩布里"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "وين امبرى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Embry"
    title: "Wayne Embry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Embry"
    title: "Wayne Embry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Embry"
    title: "Wayne Embry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9F_%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%99"
    title: "ויין אמברי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Embry"
    title: "Wayne Embry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%83%B3%E3%83%96%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ウェイン・エンブリー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Embry"
    title: "Wayne Embry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Embry"
    title: "Wayne Embry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%BC%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A3%D1%8D%D0%B9%D0%BD"
    title: "Эмбри, Уэйн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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