# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wlamir-marques
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:55:20.268Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wlamir-marques"
name: "Wlamir Marques"
slug: "wlamir-marques"
description: "Wlamir Marques, also known simply as Wlamir, was a Brazilian basketball player and coach who is considered to be one of the best Brazilian basketball players of all time, and to have been one of the best players in the world during the 1960s. Alongside fellow countrymen Amaury Pasos, Algodão, and Rosa Branca, he led the best basketball generation Brazil ever had. At a height of 1.85 m tall, he played at the small forward position. He was nicknamed \"The Flying Saucer\", and \"The Blonde Devil\"."
tagline: "Brazilian basketball player (1937–2025)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wlamir_Marques.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Brazil"
  isoCode: "BR"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1937-07-16"
deathDate: "2025-03-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.67
  momentum:             11.96046110751993
  historical:           14.625308
  currentAttention:     63.09523809523807
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6504556/"
    handle:    "nm6504556"
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%96%D1%80_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%81"
    title: "Вламір Маркес"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ولامير ماركيز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ولامير ماركيز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wlamir_Marques"
    title: "Wlamir Marques"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wlamir_Marques"
    title: "Wlamir Marques"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wlamir_Marques"
    title: "Wlamir Marques"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B1_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%B2"
    title: "ولمیر مارکز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wlamir_Marques"
    title: "Wlamir Marques"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wlamir_Marques"
    title: "Wlamir Marques"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A8_%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%A7%D7%A1"
    title: "ולאמיר מרקס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wlamir_Marques"
    title: "Wlamir Marques"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wlamir_Marques"
    title: "Wlamir Marques"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wlamir_Marques"
    title: "Wlamir Marques"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wlamir_Marques"
    title: "Wlamir Marques"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wlamir_Marques"
    title: "Wlamir Marques"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%81%2C_%D0%92%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80"
    title: "Маркес, Вламир"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wlamir_Marques"
    title: "Wlamir Marques"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q937619"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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