# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/will-jefferson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:21:29.580Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/will-jefferson"
name: "Will Jefferson"
slug: "will-jefferson"
description: "William Ingleby Jefferson is a former professional cricketer who played for Essex County Cricket Club, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire in a 12-year career. He retired from the game in 2012 as a result of a chronic hip complaint. Standing 6 feet 10 inches (2.08 m) tall, he was the tallest player in county cricket during most of his career, and among the tallest professional cricketers ever."
tagline: "English professional cricketer (born 1979)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Will_Jefferson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1979-10-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.42
  momentum:             3.786407766990291
  historical:           5.076890666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ವಿಲಿಯಂ ಜೆಫರ್ಸನ್ (ಕ್ರಿಕೆಟಿಗ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%9C%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "வில் ஜெபர்சன்"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump