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Dick Gaughan

British musician
Person human Q734254

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[9]
Date of birth
May 17, 1948
Place of birth
Glasgow
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[8]
Occupation
singer, guitarist, songwriter, composer, musician
Genre
protest song[10]
Official website
www.dickgaughan.co.uk[13]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[17]
Described by source
The Companion to Irish Traditional Music[16]
Family name
Gaughan[11]
Given name
Dick[12]
Instrument
guitar, voice[14][15]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Irish Traditional Music[18]
🏷️ Also known as
en Richard Peter Gaughan en Dick Gaughan ar ديك غوغان de Gaughan es Richard Peter Gaughan he דיק גואן ja ディック・ゴーハン
🔖 Identifiers · 26
ISNI
0000000055475768
VIAF cluster ID
43199106
Library of Congress authority ID
n82218995
GND ID
134382315
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Dick Gaughan 2.jpg ↗
BBC Things ID
b6fabdba-1be6-465a-99ab-a794ea308ef6
Deezer artist ID
413829
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
134382315
Discogs artist ID
475995
Europeana entity
agent/base/67539
FAST ID
104797
Freebase ID
/m/01mnhw1
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LyricsTranslate ID
dick-gaughan-lyrics.html
Munzinger Pop ID
02000000804
MusicBrainz artist ID
8d3716e7-ba2a-47a9-ac16-8af9e8a8c6ba
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID
66262
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000037777
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810558537905606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
070794294
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803095844748
Rock's Backpages artist ID
dick-gaughan
Songkick artist ID
60555
Tidal artist ID
8942
Topic's main category
Category:Dick Gaughan
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJtcM3pFxHVmMM6FvWb68C
Yale LUX ID
person/1e674f49-145d-41d1-8ba1-f1495da475f0

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Occupation 3
singer, songwriter, guitarist
Instrument 2
guitar, voice
Mb:composer 2
Both sides the Tweed, Both sides the Tweed
Mb:lyricist 2
Both sides the Tweed, Both sides the Tweed
Mb:member of band 2
Clan Alba, Five Hand Reel
Mb:performer of 2
Parallel Lines, Handful of Earth
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Genre 1
protest song
Given name 1
Dick
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Place of birth 1
Glasgow
Sex or gender 1
male
← FactGrid item ID 1
Stari Koshary
← Performer 1
Ruby Tuesday
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Summary

Dick Gaughan was born on May 17, 1948[1], in Glasgow[2]. He has worked as a singer[3], guitarist[4], songwriter[5], composer[6], and musician[7].

FAQs

Where was Dick Gaughan born?

Dick Gaughan was born in Glasgow[2].

What did Dick Gaughan do for work?

Dick Gaughan worked as a singer[3], guitarist[4], songwriter[5], composer[6], and musician[7].

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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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. 4d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Deezer artist ID → 413829
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/63224|batch #63224]]: Import Deezer artist ID from MusicBrainz via its artist ID in Wikidata. Also matched on name. Part1: imp"
  2. 4d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tidal artist ID → 8942
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/63220|batch #63220]]: Import Tidal artist ID from MusicBrainz, also matching on name. Part1.: import Tidal artist ID (P4576) f"
  3. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → http://www.dickgaughan.co.uk/
    Instance of → human
    Languages spoken, written or signed → English
    Given name → Dick
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32152|batch #32152]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (34)"
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