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Bill McGowan

American baseball player
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Bill McGowan
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Facts

11 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[8]
Date of birth
January 18, 1896
Date of death
December 9, 1954
Place of birth
Wilmington
Place of death
Silver Spring
Country of citizenship
United States[7]
Occupation
baseball umpire, baseball player
Family name
McGowan[10]
Given name
Bill[11]
Sport
baseball[9]
🏷️ Also known as
en William Aloysius McGowan en Bill McGowan en William Aloysius "Bill" McGowan ar بيل مكغوان ja ビル・マゴワン zh 比爾·麥高恩 zh 比爾·麥高文
🔖 Identifiers · 13
VIAF cluster ID
1875598
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n2005029345
FAST ID
1610907
Find a Grave memorial ID
2738
Freebase ID
/m/03kvc2
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum ID
mcgowan-bill
Retrosheet person ID
mcgob901
SNAC ARK ID
w6378g2w
The Baseball Cube player ID
188801
Trading Card Database name ID
35721
WikiTree person ID
McGowan-4421
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJrKRWkQmJXpYv9tJP3fbd
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Yale LUX ID
person/6957f47a-c601-4b5e-a1bd-15cc615c0e67

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 2
baseball player, baseball umpire
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Given name 1
Bill
Instance of 1
human
Place of birth 1
Wilmington
Place of death 1
Silver Spring
Sex or gender 1
male
Sport 1
baseball
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Summary

Bill McGowan was born on January 18, 1896[1], in Wilmington[2]. He died on December 9, 1954[3], in Silver Spring[4]. He worked as a baseball umpire[5] and baseball player[6].

FAQs

Where was Bill McGowan born?

Bill McGowan was born in Wilmington[2].

Where did Bill McGowan die?

Bill McGowan died in Silver Spring[4].

What did Bill McGowan do for work?

Bill McGowan worked as a baseball umpire[5] and baseball player[6].

Related Entities

United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . baseballhall.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Gun Nagata · 2026-11-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of birth → Wilmington
    Sex or gender → male
    Country of citizenship → United States
    Sport → baseball
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed [ja] description: アメリカの野球審判員 (1896-1954)"
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