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Dirk Gently

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Dirk Gently

Summary

Dirk Gently is a fictional human[1]. He worked as a private investigator[2]. He draws 725 Wikipedia views per month (fictional_human category, ranking #626 of 5,308).[3]

Key Facts

  • Dirk Gently's professions included private investigator[2].
  • Dirk Gently is the creator of Q42[4].
  • Dirk Gently is recorded as male[5].
  • Dirk Gently's instance of is recorded as fictional human[6].
  • Dirk Gently's instance of is recorded as literary character[7].
  • Dirk Gently's instance of is recorded as television character[8].
  • Among the performers on Dirk Gently was Stephen Mangan[9].
  • Dirk Gently was performed by Samuel Barnett[10].
  • Dirk Gently's Commons category is recorded as Dirk Gently[11].
  • Dirk Gently's family name is recorded as Gently[12].
  • Dirk Gently's family name is recorded as Cjelli[13].
  • Dirk Gently's given name is recorded as Dirk[14].
  • Dirk Gently's given name is recorded as Vlad[15].
  • Dirk Gently's pseudonym is recorded as Dirk Gently[16].
  • Dirk Gently's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dirk Gently[17].
  • Dirk Gently's present in work is recorded as Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency[18].
  • Dirk Gently's present in work is recorded as Dirk Gently[19].
  • Dirk Gently's present in work is recorded as Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency[20].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Character[21]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 8b131e87-2cef-40f0-8e56-55753c5fc519[22]

Body

Career and Affiliations

Dirk Gently worked as a private investigator[2].

Works and Contributions

Dirk Gently is the creator of Q42[4].

Why It Matters

Dirk Gently draws 725 Wikipedia views per month (fictional_human category, ranking #626 of 5,308).[3] He has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] He is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

FAQs

What did Dirk Gently do for work?

Dirk Gently worked as private investigator[2].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [3] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Dirk Gently. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/dirk-gently
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