The Most Famous
BASKETBALL PLAYERS from Haiti
This page contains a list of the greatest Haitian Basketball Players. The pantheon dataset contains 1,757 Basketball Players, 1 of which were born in Haiti. This makes Haiti the birth place of the 77th most number of Basketball Players behind Kyrgyzstan, and Ghana.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Haitian Basketball Players of all time. This list of famous Haitian Basketball Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Samuel Dalembert (b. 1981)
With an HPI of 38.11, Samuel Dalembert is the most famous Haitian Basketball Player. His biography has been translated into 24 different languages on wikipedia.
Samuel Davis Dalembert (born May 10, 1981) is a Haitian-Canadian former professional basketball player who played 13 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for Seton Hall University. During his active NBA career, Dalembert was known for his rebounding as well as his shot blocking ability.
2. Skal Labissière (b. 1996)
With an HPI of 27.20, Skal Labissière is the 2nd most famous Haitian Basketball Player. His biography has been translated into 14 different languages.
Skal Labissière (French: [labisjɛʁ]; born March 18, 1996) is a Haitian professional basketball player for the Capital City Go-Go of the NBA G League. He graduated from Lausanne Collegiate School in Memphis, Tennessee, before playing one season of college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats. He played for the Stockton Kings of the NBA G League before being signed to the Sacramento Kings for one year.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Haitian basketball players born between 1981 and 1996. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Haitian basketball players include Samuel Dalembert, and Skal Labissière. As of April 2024, 1 new Haitian basketball players have been added to Pantheon including Skal Labissière.
