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David Shannon

American children's illustrator and writer
Person human Q3703333

Facts

10 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[10]
Date of birth
October 5, 1960, October 5, 1959[7]
Place of birth
Washington, D.C.
Country of citizenship
United States[8]
Occupation
writer, children's writer, author, illustrator
Educated at
Saint George's School[9]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[13]
Family name
Shannon[11]
Given name
David[12]
🏷️ Also known as
en David Shannon cs Dave Shannon he דייוויד שנון ru Дэвид Шеннон ru Шеннон, Дэвид
🔖 Identifiers · 20
ISNI
0000000110850672
VIAF cluster ID
115303352
Library of Congress authority ID
n88232558
GND ID
1057903213
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
David Shannon, 2011.jpg ↗
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13519696b
CANTIC ID
981058617529806706
Europeana entity
agent/base/88655
FAST ID
243312
Freebase ID
/m/0g74jr
IdRef ID
163771545
NL CR AUT ID
utb2014811303
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NUKAT ID
n2006126812
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000186995
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007308178105171
National Library of Korea ID
KAC200100725
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
149113498
Obálky knih ID
utb2014811303
SNAC ARK ID
w66t2n2g
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJxWRG6TJkVYq7bdMJdCwC

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Summary

David Shannon was born on October 5, 1960[1], in Washington, D.C.[2]. He has worked as a writer[3], children's writer[4], author[5], and illustrator[6].

FAQs

Where was David Shannon born?

David Shannon's place of birth was Washington, D.C.[2].

What did David Shannon do for work?

David Shannon worked as a writer[3], children's writer[4], author[5], and illustrator[6].

Where did David Shannon go to school?

David Shannon was educated at Saint George's School[9].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [7] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → writer, children's writer, author +1
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32085|batch #32085]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (27)"
  2. 26w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    NL CR AUT ID → utb2014811303
    Wikidata description → American children's illustrator and writer
    National Library of Israel ID (old) → 000186995
    Occupation → writer, children's writer, author +1
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ CANTIC ID: 981058617529806706, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257590|batch #257590]]"
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