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Patrick Ewing

1962 - Today

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Patrick Aloysius Ewing Sr. (born August 5, 1962) is a Jamaican-American basketball coach and former professional player who is a basketball ambassador for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA), where he spent most of his 17-year playing career as the starting center before ending his playing career with brief stints with the Seattle SuperSonics and Orlando Magic. Ewing is regarded as one of the greatest centers of all time, playing a dominant role in the New York Knicks' 1990s success. Highly recruited out of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Ewing played center for the Georgetown Hoyas for four years—in three of which the team reached the NCAA championship game. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Patrick Ewing is the 83rd most popular basketball player (down from 50th in 2019), the 26th most popular biography from Jamaica (down from 15th in 2019) and the most popular Jamaican Basketball Player.

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Patrick Ewing ranks 83 out of 1,757. Before him are Jānis Krūmiņš, Hot Rod Hundley, Rimas Kurtinaitis, Robert Parish, Zoran Slavnić, and Charles Barkley. After him are Maurice Cheeks, Allen Iverson, Nate Thurmond, Ettore Messina, Dirk Nowitzki, and A. C. Green.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Patrick Ewing ranks 165. Before him are Robert B. Spencer, Sırrı Süreyya Önder, Kim Vilfort, Maryna Poroshenko, Victoria Ruffo, and Thomas Gibson. After him are Carl Cox, Tran Anh Hung, Magne Furuholmen, Paavo Järvi, Oscar Ruggeri, and Nikolai Denkov.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Patrick Ewing ranks 26 out of 189. Before him are Jacob Miller (1952), George Kerr (1937), Cedella Booker (1926), Merlene Ottey (1960), Stephen Hopkins (1958), and Shaggy (1968). After him are Sean Paul (1973), Mary Seacole (1805), DJ Kool Herc (1955), Bunny Wailer (1947), Desmond Dekker (1941), and Burning Spear (1945).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In Jamaica

Among basketball players born in Jamaica, Patrick Ewing ranks 1. 

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