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Gus Williams

1953 - 2025

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Gus Williams (October 10, 1953 – January 15, 2025) was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "The Wizard", he was a two-time NBA All-Star playing for the Seattle SuperSonics, winning an NBA championship in 1979. Williams played college basketball for the USC Trojans and was selected by the Golden State Warriors in the second round of the 1975 NBA draft. He later played for the Warriors, SuperSonics, Washington Bullets and Atlanta Hawks. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gus Williams is the 291st most popular basketball player (up from 674th in 2019), the 11,457th most popular biography from United States (up from 15,658th in 2019) and the 162nd most popular American Basketball Player.

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Among basketball players, Gus Williams ranks 291 out of 1,757. Before him are Kyrie Irving, Hedo Türkoğlu, Fernando Martín Espina, Maurice Stokes, Jack Ragland, and Željko Rebrača. After him are Ralph Bishop, Sergejus Jovaiša, Tex Gibbons, Ramūnas Šiškauskas, Jaka Lakovič, and Jim Loscutoff.

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Among people born in 1953, Gus Williams ranks 536. Before him are Michael Portillo, Anna Komorowska, Kevin Nealon, Peter Mandelson, Yahya Ould Hademine, and Willy Rampf. After him are Peter Sarnak, Evelin Kaufer, Raad Hammoudi, Susan Pedersen, Kaarlo Maaninka, and Néjib Ghommidh. Among people deceased in 2025, Gus Williams ranks 263. Before him are George Ryan, Ingvar Ambjørnsen, Freddie Aguilar, Peter Rufai, Jorge Bolaño, and Bob Uecker. After him are Aaron Boupendza, Peter David, Jules Feiffer, Mike McCallum, Raúl Grijalva, and Malcolm-Jamal Warner.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gus Williams ranks 11,459 out of 20,380. Before him are Slim Summerville (1892), Amanda Blake (1929), Libby Holman (1904), William H. Gass (1924), Andrew Bryniarski (1969), and Peter Travers (2000). After him are Terry Farrell (1963), Johnny Moss (1907), Christine Taylor (1971), Glenn Corbett (1933), Kamala (1950), and Jeffrey A. Hoffman (1944).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Gus Williams ranks 162. Before him are Chuck Cooper (1926), Derrick White (1994), Artis Gilmore (1949), Don Meineke (1930), Maurice Stokes (1933), and Jack Ragland (1913). After him are Ralph Bishop (1915), Tex Gibbons (1907), Jim Loscutoff (1930), Fred VanVleet (1994), Lamar Odom (1979), and Mike James (1990).

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