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David Benatar

South African philosopher (born 1966)
Person human Q1173705

Facts

12 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[12]
Date of birth
1966, December 8, 1966[6]
Place of birth
South Africa
Country of citizenship
South Africa[7]
Occupation
pedagogue, university teacher, philosopher
Employer
University of Cape Town[10]
Field of work
medical ethics, antinatalism[8][9]
Educated at
University of Cape Town[11]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[15]
Family name
Benatar[13]
Given name
David[14]
🏷️ Also known as
en David Benatar en D. Benatar ar ديفيد بيناتار fa دیوید بناتار he דייוויד בנאטר ja デイビッド・ベネイター ja デイヴィッド・ベネイター ja デイヴィッド・ベネター ja デイビット・ベネイター ja デビッド・ベネイター ko 데이비드 베네이타 ru Бенатар, Дэвид ru Дэвид Бенатар uk Девід Бенатар zh 大衛·班奈特 zh 大衛·貝納塔
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ISNI
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VIAF cluster ID
75664282
Library of Congress authority ID
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GND ID
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BIBSYS ID
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
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BookBrainz author ID
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CANTIC ID
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CBDB.cz author ID
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CONOR.SR ID
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Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11458525
DBC author ID
870979138658287
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Databazeknih.cz author ID
59205
Dimensions author ID
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Freebase ID
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Goodreads author ID
354814
IMDb ID
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IdRef ID
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IxTheo authority ID
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KBR person ID
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MusicBrainz artist ID
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NL CR AUT ID
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NLAI ID
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NUKAT ID
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National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007442590605171
National Library of Korea ID
KAC201904810
National Library of Latvia ID
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National Library of Poland MMS ID
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National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX6386048
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
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Open Library ID
OL2669478A
Parsifal cluster ID
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PhilPeople profile
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Pontificia Università della Santa Croce ID
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Prabook ID
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Quora topic ID
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SBN author ID
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SVKKL authority ID
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Wellcome Collection concept ID
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WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
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Occupation 3
philosopher, pedagogue, university teacher
Field of work 2
antinatalism, medical ethics
Country of citizenship 1
South Africa
Educated at 1
University of Cape Town
Employer 1
University of Cape Town
Given name 1
David
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Place of birth 1
South Africa
Sex or gender 1
male
Works by author 1
Better Never to Have Been
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Summary

David Benatar was born in 1966[1] in South Africa[2]. He has worked as a pedagogue[3], university teacher[4], and philosopher[5].

Why It Matters

Works attributed to him include Better Never to Have Been[16], a philosophical work[17].

FAQs

Where was David Benatar born?

David Benatar was born in South Africa[2].

What did David Benatar do for work?

David Benatar worked as a pedagogue[3], university teacher[4], and philosopher[5].

Where did David Benatar go to school?

David Benatar was educated at University of Cape Town[11].

Related Entities

South Africa University of Cape Town

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . courrierinternational.com. courrierinternational.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [1] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. courrierinternational.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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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. 22d ago · Niegodzisie · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Canadiana Name Authority ID → ncf11458525
    BIBSYS ID → 5026692
    DBC author ID → 870979138658287
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  2. 5w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'az', 'ca', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'he',
    Sitelink count → 27
    Date of birth → +1966-01-01T00:00:00Z, +1966-12-08T00:00:00Z
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  3. 21w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → 0325275-Benatar-David-1966
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  4. 26w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    CANTIC ID → 981058522988106706
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  5. 26w ago · Bargioni · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
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    Educated at → —
    Employer → University of Cape Town
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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