Home › Entities › human › Lauren Jackson

Lauren Jackson

Australian basketball player (born 1981)
Person human Q270653
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

Lauren Jackson was born on May 11, 1981[1], in Albury[2]. She has worked as a basketball player[3]. She ranks in the top 0.69% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,610 views/month, #6,941 of 1,000,298).[4]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: Australia[5]
  • Educated at: UC Senior Secondary College Lake Ginninderra[6], Murray High School[7]
  • Award received: WNBA's Top 15 Team[8], WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award[9], WNBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award[10], Officer of the Order of Australia[11]
  • Sex or gender: female[12]
  • League or competition: Women's National Basketball Association[13]
  • Commons category: Lauren Jackson[14]
  • Position played on team / speciality: center[15]
  • Sport: basketball[16]
  • Drafted by: Seattle Storm[17]
  • Family name: Jackson[18]
  • Given name: Lauren[19], Elizabeth[20]
  • Official website: http://www.laurenjackson.org[21]
  • Commons gallery: Lauren Jackson[22]
  • Participant in: 2012 Summer Olympics[23], 2008 Summer Olympics[24], 2004 Summer Olympics[25], 2000 Summer Olympics[26], 2006 Commonwealth Games[27], 1998 FIBA World Championship for Women[28], 2002 FIBA World Championship for Women[29], 2006 FIBA World Championship for Women[30], 2010 FIBA World Championship for Women[31], 2013 FIBA Oceania Championship for Women[32]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: English[33]
  • Nickname: Loz[34]
  • Country for sport: Australia[35]
  • Sport number: 15[36]
  • Start of work period: 1997[37]
  • End of work period: 2016[38]
  • Height: 196 cm[39]
  • Mass: 84 kg[40]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: gender gap on Dutch Wikipedia[41]
  • Social media followers: 47,032[42], 47,849[43], 47,357[44], 48,024[45]

Why It Matters

Lauren Jackson has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] She is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]

FAQs

Where was Lauren Jackson born?

Lauren Jackson was born in Albury[2].

What did Lauren Jackson do for work?

Lauren Jackson worked as a basketball player[3].

Where did Lauren Jackson go to school?

Lauren Jackson was educated at UC Senior Secondary College Lake Ginninderra[6] and Murray High School[7].

What awards did Lauren Jackson receive?

Honors received include WNBA's Top 15 Team[8], WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award[9], WNBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award[10], and Officer of the Order of Australia[11].

Related Entities

Albury Australia

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . FIBA database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . Basketball Reference. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . Australian Honours Search Facility. honours.pmc.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [1] ↑ . FIBA database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . Olympedia. wikidata.org.
  34. [35] ↑ . FIBA database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  35. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [4] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [46] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [47] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Lauren Jackson. Retrieved October 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/lauren-jackson
MLA “Lauren Jackson.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 11 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/lauren-jackson.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_lauren-jackson_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Lauren Jackson}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/lauren-jackson}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-11}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Lauren Jackson — https://4ort.xyz/entity/lauren-jackson (retrieved 2026-10-11)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/lauren-jackson · Last refreshed: