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Alex Bellos

British writer and broadcaster
Person human Q4716680

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[17]
Date of birth
November 22, 1969
Place of birth
Oxford
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[9]
Occupation
writer, news presenter, journalist, mathematician, non-fiction writer, mathematics[10]
Field of work
mathematics, popular science, association football[11][12][13]
Educated at
Corpus Christi College, Richard Taunton Sixth Form College[14][15]
Award received
Peano Prize[16]
Father
David Bellos[8]
Official website
alexbellos.com[20]
Work location
London[21]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[22]
Family name
Bellos[18]
Given name
Alex[19]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[23]
P14750
7FCB-CFD0-56E4-B611-4794[27]
Social media followers
28k (28k–28k, n=3)[24][25][26]
🏷️ Also known as
en Alexander Bellos en Alex Bellos ar ألكس بيلوس pt Alexander Bellos ru Алекс Беллос zh 亞歷克斯·貝洛斯
🔖 Identifiers · 37
ISNI
0000000120954782
VIAF cluster ID
2759707
Library of Congress authority ID
n2009058647
GND ID
129588997
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Alex Bellos no Fronteiras Diálogos com Professores 2011 (5658924252).jpg ↗
Amazon author ID
B00K042IJC
BBC Things ID
329fa178-0ae3-4931-83a5-4ba942a023dd
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
15074657w
CANTIC ID
981058528104706706
CBDB.cz author ID
22820
CONOR.SI ID
127102563
DDB person (GND) ID
129588997
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Databazeknih.cz author ID
38243
Facebook username
BellosAlex
Freebase ID
/m/0k0pdr2
Goodreads author ID
398989
IMDb ID
nm1705006
IdRef ID
156357194
MR Author ID
950299
Muck Rack journalist ID
alex-bellos
MusicBrainz artist ID
d0007980-960b-45f2-8e6c-043c31d07e75
NL CR AUT ID
xx0027864
NUKAT ID
n2009118790
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007323390605171
National Library of Korea ID
KAC201116097
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810535148405606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX4615879
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
239346262
Open Library ID
OL1510070A
SBN author ID
UBOV832294
SHARE Catalogue author ID
474998
SVKKL authority ID
0214737-Bellos-Alex-1969
Who's Who UK ID
U289184
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJyMgPkfJb8G6bKgVBYdcP
X (Twitter) username
alexbellos
Yale LUX ID
person/da4d24fd-af50-4253-b7fc-caa1ae1d4cee
ZbMATH author ID
bellos.alex

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Occupation 4
writer, journalist, mathematician, news presenter
Field of work 3
mathematics, association football, popular science
Award received 1
Peano Prize
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Educated at 1
Corpus Christi College
Father 1
David Bellos
Given name 1
Alex
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Parent of 1
David Bellos
Place of birth 1
Oxford
Sex or gender 1
male
Work location 1
London
← Cast member 1
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Summary

Alex Bellos was born on November 22, 1969[1], in Oxford[2]. He has worked as a writer[3], news presenter[4], journalist[5], mathematician[6], and non-fiction writer[7].

FAQs

Where was Alex Bellos born?

Alex Bellos's place of birth was Oxford[2].

Who were Alex Bellos's parents?

Alex Bellos's father was David Bellos[8].

What did Alex Bellos do for work?

Alex Bellos worked as a writer[3], news presenter[4], journalist[5], mathematician[6], and non-fiction writer[7].

Where did Alex Bellos go to school?

Alex Bellos was educated at Corpus Christi College[14] and Richard Taunton Sixth Form College[15].

What awards did Alex Bellos receive?

Honors received include Peano Prize[16].

Related Entities

London mathematics United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [5] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [6] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [10] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . CONOR.SI. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 7FCB-CFD0-56E4-B611-4794
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  2. 21w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → 0214737-Bellos-Alex-1969
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  3. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → writer, news presenter, journalist +3
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  4. 26w ago · Magnus Manske · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by WikiProject → WikiProject Mathematics
    Work location → London
    Social media followers → {'amount': '+27640'}, {'amount': '+28182'}, {'amount': '+28158'}
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