# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-evans
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:37:19.769Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-evans"
name: "William Evans"
slug: "william-evans"
description: "William Best Evans was an American basketball player who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics. Born in Berea, Kentucky, Evans played collegiately at the University of Kentucky. He was part of the United States basketball team which won the gold medal in 1956."
tagline: "American basketball player, born 1932 (1932–2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Evans_basketball.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: "1932-09-13"
deathDate: "2020-11-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.76
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.67062666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "威廉·埃文斯"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Evans_(basketball%2C_born_1932)"
    title: "Billy Evans (basketball, born 1932)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Evans_(baloncestista)"
    title: "William Evans (baloncestista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B2_(%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%B3%DA%A9%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84)"
    title: "بیلی اوانز (بازیکن بسکتبال)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Evans"
    title: "William Evans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Evans_(basket-ball)"
    title: "Billy Evans (basket-ball)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Evans"
    title: "Billy Evans"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Evans_(cestista_1932)"
    title: "Billy Evans (cestista 1932)"
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  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Evans"
    title: "Billy Evans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Evans"
    title: "William Evans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Evans_(koszykarz)"
    title: "William Evans (koszykarz)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Evans"
    title: "Billy Evans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Evans_(basketball%2C_born_1932)"
    title: "Billy Evans (basketball, born 1932)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1463575"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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