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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

1947 - Today

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ( kə-REEM ab-DOOL jə-BAR; born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr. al-SIN-dər, April 16, 1947) is an American former basketball player. He played professionally for 20 seasons for the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins as a center. A member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Abdul-Jabbar won a record six NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the 3rd most popular basketball player, the 641st most popular biography from United States (down from 397th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Basketball Player.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is most famous for being a professional basketball player and the all-time leading scorer in the National Basketball Association.

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ranks 3 out of 1,757. Before him are Shaquille O'Neal, and Michael Jordan. After him are Scottie Pippen, Wilt Chamberlain, Dražen Dalipagić, Stephen Curry, Sam Jones, Bill Russell, Dikembe Mutombo, David Robinson, and Magic Johnson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ranks 39. Before him are Paco de Lucía, France Gall, Michael Levitt, Michael Porter, Josep Borrell, and Linda B. Buck. After him are Kevin Farrell, Tom Clancy, Roger D. Kornberg, Sam Neill, James Woods, and Megawati Sukarnoputri.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ranks 641 out of 20,380. Before him are Glen Campbell (1936), Douglas Engelbart (1925), Donald Trump Jr. (1977), Kurt Russell (1951), Margaret Hamilton (1902), and Hiram Maxim (1840). After him are Stephen Lang (1952), Martin Lewis Perl (1927), Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (1915), Dave Bautista (1969), Tiny Tim (1932), and Goldie Hawn (1945).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ranks 3. Before him are Shaquille O'Neal (1972), and Michael Jordan (1963). After him are Scottie Pippen (1965), Wilt Chamberlain (1936), Stephen Curry (1988), Sam Jones (1933), Bill Russell (1934), David Robinson (1965), Magic Johnson (1959), Clyde Drexler (1962), and K. C. Jones (1932).

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