# 1

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's birth name is Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr. He changed his name in 1971 at the age of 24.

# 2

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# 3

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# 5

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# 5

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# 6

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# 7

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# 8

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# 9

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# 10

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