Bob Beamon

American track and field athlete
Person human Q52604
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Summary

Bob Beamon was born on August 29, 1946[1], in Jamaica[2]. He has worked as an athletics competitor[3], basketball player[4], and athlete[5]. He ranks in the top 0.7% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,419 views/month, #6,993 of 1,000,298).[6]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: United States[7]
  • Educated at: North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University[8], University of Texas at El Paso[9], Jamaica High School[10], Adelphi University[11]
  • Sex or gender: male[12]
  • Commons category: Bob Beamon[13]
  • Sport: athletics[14], basketball[15]
  • Family name: Beamon[16]
  • Given name: Bob[17]
  • Participant in: 1968 Summer Olympics[18]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: English[19]
  • Country for sport: United States[20]
  • Height: 191[21]
  • Mass: 70[22]
  • Sports discipline competed in: long jump[23]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[24]
  • P14843: 13407[25]

Why It Matters

Bob Beamon has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] He is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

FAQs

Where was Bob Beamon born?

Bob Beamon was born in Jamaica[2].

What did Bob Beamon do for work?

Bob Beamon worked as an athletics competitor[3], basketball player[4], and athlete[5].

Where did Bob Beamon go to school?

Bob Beamon was educated at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University[8], University of Texas at El Paso[9], Jamaica High School[10], and Adelphi University[11].

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [6] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Kevin Scannell · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    All-athletics.com id (archived) → 282727
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/52731|batch #52731]]"
  2. 5w ago · WikiTrackBot · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14843 → 13407
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14843: 13407, add P14843 (13407) via [[toolforge:trackbot|ncaadb]]"
  3. 5w ago · WikiTrackBot · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Athletics podium person id → 18667
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Athletics podium person id: 18667, add P13725 (18667) via [[toolforge:trackbot|athpod]]"
  4. 14w ago · Sabelöga · 2026-07-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikisimpsons article id → 30343
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Wikisimpsons article id: 30343, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/296175952|Bob Beamon (#296175952)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8109|Wikisimpsons]] #mi"
  5. 20w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Participant in → 1968 Summer Olympics
    Given name → Bob
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Country for sport → United States
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32116|batch #32116]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (29)"
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