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Wilt Chamberlain

1936 - 1999

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Wilton Norman Chamberlain ( CHAYM-bər-lin; August 21, 1936 – October 12, 1999) was an American professional basketball player. Standing 7 feet 1 inch (2.16 m) tall, he played center in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 14 seasons. He was enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1978, and was elected to the NBA's 35th, 50th, and 75th anniversary teams. Chamberlain is widely considered to be one of the greatest basketball players of all time. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wilt Chamberlain is the 5th most popular basketball player (down from 4th in 2019), the 762nd most popular biography from United States (down from 441st in 2019) and the 5th most popular American Basketball Player.

Wilt Chamberlain is most famous for being the only person to score 100 points in a single NBA game.

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Wilt Chamberlain ranks 5 out of 1,757. Before him are Shaquille O'Neal, Michael Jordan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Scottie Pippen. After him are Dražen Dalipagić, Stephen Curry, Sam Jones, Bill Russell, Dikembe Mutombo, David Robinson, and Magic Johnson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Wilt Chamberlain ranks 37. Before him are Dennis Hopper, Günter Blobel, Uwe Seeler, Gerhard Ertl, Robert Downey Sr., and Georges Perec. After him are Jim Clark, Alan J. Heeger, Roy Orbison, Tariq Aziz, Buddy Holly, and Michael Landon. Among people deceased in 1999, Wilt Chamberlain ranks 22. Before him are Arthur Leonard Schawlow, Wassily Leontief, Anatoliy Solovianenko, Robert Bresson, Willi Stoph, and Glenn T. Seaborg. After him are Georgios Papadopoulos, Joe DiMaggio, Trygve Haavelmo, Oliver Reed, Gerhard Herzberg, and Julius Nyerere.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Wilt Chamberlain ranks 762 out of 20,380. Before him are Diana Ross (1944), Roy Lichtenstein (1923), Georgia O'Keeffe (1887), Pat Robertson (1930), Oprah Winfrey (1954), and Jeff Goldblum (1952). After him are Frank Marshall (1877), Billy Graham (1918), George Minot (1885), Frank Sheeran (1920), Natalie Wood (1938), and Ellen G. White (1827).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Wilt Chamberlain ranks 5. Before him are Shaquille O'Neal (1972), Michael Jordan (1963), Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1947), and Scottie Pippen (1965). After him are 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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