Muhammad Ali
Heavyweight champion, conscientious objector and civil-rights figure whose influence extended far beyond boxing.
Life, work & what’s documented
Muhammad Ali was born 1942-01-17 and died 2016-06-03 at age 74. Heavyweight champion, conscientious objector and civil-rights figure whose influence extended far beyond boxing. A transformative heavyweight champion whose cultural and political impact extended far beyond boxing.
Why They’re Fucking Awesome
A transformative heavyweight champion whose cultural and political impact extended far beyond boxing.
Essential works: Rumble in the Jungle · Thrilla in Manila · Olympic gold medal
Meaningful connections
- SportsContributed To / Muhammad Ali's boxing career and public presence made a major contribution to sports history.Relationship source / confidence: high
Positive impact
The Muhammad Ali Center maintains a documented timeline of his humanitarian work, including diplomacy, medical aid and service to children.
Evidence and disposition
Celebrate documented work and impact. Do not imply the scoped search proves an absence of controversy or harm.
Context is not destiny
Born 1942-01-17; died 2016-06-03; age at death 74. These dates provide historical context, not a mortality model.
Death context: Muhammad Ali died on 2016-06-03 at age 74. This profile states only the sourced date and age until a reviewed cause or circumstance source is attached.
Historical illness and age are context, not proof of a current crisis or a factual mortality forecast.
The cosmic file
No reliable birth time was established in this review, so the profile uses an astrology exemption and presents no Ascendant or houses.
Birth-data confidence: no reliable time verified in this pass; No claim made beyond calendar-date sun sign already present in the prior pack.; Do not calculate or publish houses, Moon, or ascendant until a rated time source is reviewed.. Astrology is interpretive and is never medical prediction. A rising-sign link requires reviewed AA, A or B-rated birth-time evidence without an uncertainty qualifier.
Sources & provenance
- Wikidata item Q36107Wikidata / 2026-08-26 / identity / confidence: mediumSource ID muhammad-ali:discovery_index:1. Verification: identity_discovery_only. Claims: identity.
- Official website candidateOfficial site / 2026-08-26 / biography / confidence: primarySource ID muhammad-ali:official_site_candidate:2. Verification: selected_for_editorial_use. Claims: career summary, official legacy.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica candidateEncyclopaedia Britannica / 2026-08-26 / identity / confidence: highSource ID muhammad-ali:reference_candidate:3. Verification: selected_for_editorial_use. Claims: identity, vital dates, career summary.
- Timeline of Muhammad Ali’s humanitarian workMuhammad Ali Center / 2026-08-26 / biography / confidence: primarySource ID muhammad-ali:good-deed:1. Verification: content_reviewed. Claims: good deed or positive legacy, legacy treatment.
Official links
- Official siteOfficial Site
Batch adw-publication-batch-2026-08-26-01. Research package completeness 96/100. Claims are linked to the source IDs retained in source notes.
Research last updated 2026-08-26.
Portrait provenance
Muhammad Ali photo by Ira Rosenberg; This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID cph.3c15435.This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing.; Public domain.
Exact source file · Public domain · Retrieved 2026-08-27.
Editorial identification only. No endorsement is implied.