* Full name: Kobe Bryant
* Occupation: Professional Basketball Player
* Position: Shooting Guard
* Date of Birth: August 23, 1978
* Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
* Hometown: Ardmore, Pennsylvania, USA
* Residence: Los Angeles, California, USA
* Height: 6'7"
* Weight: 220 lbs
* High School: Lower Marion High; Ardmore, Pennsylvania
* NBA Draft: 1996 - 1st round (13th overall) by the Charlotte Hornets.
Traded to Los Angeles Lakers for center Vlade Divac.
* Sign: Virgo
* Love life: Married: To wife Vanessa Bryant with One Daughter
* Family: Parents: Joe and Pamela Bryant with Two older sisters: Sharia and
Shaya
