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Brother Jonathan

personification of New England
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Brother Jonathan
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Brother Jonathan

Summary

Brother Jonathan is a national personification[1]. It draws 650 Wikipedia views per month (national_personification category, ranking #8 of 32).[2]

Key Facts

  • Brother Jonathan's instance of is recorded as national personification[3].
  • Brother Jonathan's Commons category is recorded as Brother Jonathan[4].
  • Brother Jonathan's said to be the same as is recorded as Uncle Sam[5].
  • Brother Jonathan's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[6].
  • Brother Jonathan's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7].
  • Brother Jonathan's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[8].
  • Brother Jonathan's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • Brother Jonathan's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].

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Designation and Status

Brother Jonathan's instance of is recorded as national personification[3].

Why It Matters

Brother Jonathan draws 650 Wikipedia views per month (national_personification category, ranking #8 of 32).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia +2
    Said to be the same as → Uncle Sam
    Instance of → national personification
    Aliases → —
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007539147705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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