Billy Tipton

American jazz musician, bandleader and talent agent (1914–1989)

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Instance of: human
Sex or gender: trans man^[9]
Date of birth: December 29, 1914
Date of death: January 21, 1989
Place of birth: Oklahoma City
Place of death: Spokane
Country of citizenship: United States^[8]
Occupation: pianist, jazz musician, saxophonist
Genre: jazz^[10]
Citizenship: United States
Cause of death: stomach cancer^[11]
Birth name: Dorothy Lucille Tipton^[16]
Given name: Billy^[12]
Instrument: piano, saxophone^[14]^[15]
Manner of death: natural causes^[13]
Start of work period: 1936^[17]
Work period start: 1936

🏷️ Also known as

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ISNI: 0000000034437332
VIAF cluster ID: 74692769
Library of Congress authority ID: n97126525
GND ID: 120799472
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE): TiptonBilly1914-1989
DDB person (GND) ID: 120799472
Discogs artist ID: 3769943
Europeana entity: agent/base/61584
FAST ID: 410183
FemBio ID: 27124
Find a Grave memorial ID: 21844
Freebase ID: /m/016q4_

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Geni.com profile ID: 6000000008310017948
MusicBrainz artist ID: 3c4c8648-7bd4-4763-a6cb-f9b4367cbe36
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007427989905171
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0): XX5565879
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 181746018
SNAC ARK ID: w60g3z5m
SecondHandSongs artist ID: 141108
WikiTree person ID: Tipton-2929
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJwmXvYdtGPXV3tcJHdG73
Yale LUX ID: person/afbfb731-be7e-46e7-b06b-7b8b64fdf7f7

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Occupation 3

pianist, saxophonist, jazz musician

Instrument 2

piano, saxophone

Cause of death 1

stomach cancer

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Genre 1

jazz

Given name 1

Billy

Instance of 1

human

Manner of death 1

natural causes

Place of birth 1

Oklahoma City

Place of death 1

Spokane

Sex or gender 1

trans man

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Summary

Born in Oklahoma City^[1], he… he was born on December 29, 1914^[2]. He passed away in Spokane^[3]. He died on January 21, 1989^[4]. He worked as a pianist^[5], jazz musician^[6], and saxophonist^[7].

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Type: Person^[18]
Country: US^[19]
Began / founded: 1914-12-29^[20]
Ended / dissolved: 1989-01-21^[21]
MusicBrainz ID: 3c4c8648-7bd4-4763-a6cb-f9b4367cbe36^[22]

FAQs

Where was Billy Tipton born?

Billy Tipton was born in Oklahoma City^[1].

Where did Billy Tipton die?

Billy Tipton died in Spokane^[3].

What did Billy Tipton do for work?

Billy Tipton worked as pianist^[5], jazz musician^[6], and saxophonist^[7].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[1] ↑ Billy Tipton — place of birth (P19): Oklahoma City. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-06-24. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Billy Tipton — place of death (P20): Spokane. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Billy Tipton — sex or gender (P21): trans man. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Billy Tipton — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Billy Tipton — occupation (P106): pianist. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Billy Tipton — occupation (P106): jazz musician. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Billy Tipton — occupation (P106): saxophonist. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Billy Tipton — genre (P136): jazz. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Billy Tipton — cause of death (P509): stomach cancer. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Billy Tipton — date of birth (P569): December 29, 1914. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-10-16. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Billy Tipton — date of death (P570): January 21, 1989. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-10-16. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Billy Tipton — given name (P735): Billy. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Billy Tipton — manner of death (P1196): natural causes. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Billy Tipton — instrument (P1303): piano. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Billy Tipton — instrument (P1303): saxophone. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Billy Tipton — birth name (P1477): {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Dorothy Lucille Tipton'}. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Billy Tipton — start of work period (P2031): 1936. wikidata.org.

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[18] ↑ Billy Tipton — Type: Person. MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
[19] ↑ Billy Tipton — Country: US. MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
[20] ↑ Billy Tipton — Began / founded: 1914-12-29. MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
[21] ↑ Billy Tipton — Ended / dissolved: 1989-01-21. MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
[22] ↑ Billy Tipton — MusicBrainz ID: 3c4c8648-7bd4-4763-a6cb-f9b4367cbe36. MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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