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Don Lanier

American songwriter
Person Human Q5292965

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[8]
Date of birth
July 13, 1936
Date of death
July 23, 2014
Country of citizenship
United States[7]
Occupation
songwriter, composer, musician, guitarist
Genre
rock music[9]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[13]
Copyright representative
Broadcast Music, Inc.[16]
Copyright status as a creator
works protected by copyrights[17]
Family name
Lanier[10]
Given name
Don, Henson[11][12]
Name in native language
Donnie Henson Lanier, Don Lanier[14][15]
🏷️ Also known as
en Donald Henson Lanier en Don Lanier en Donnie “Dirt” Henson Lanier en Donnie Henson Lanier ar دون لانيير
🔖 Identifiers · 11
VIAF cluster ID
314790997
GND ID
106567533X
AllMusic artist ID
mn0001459903
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
106567533X
Discogs artist ID
880376
Europeana entity
agent/base/128184
Freebase ID
/m/0gtxsrw
IPI name number
00017256889
MusicBrainz artist ID
7fb5a15d-d1b6-4ca9-adef-cce022c6798c
Prabook ID
2392370
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJv8DWftBWYR6T3BG7mmVC

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Summary

Don Lanier was born on July 13, 1936[1]. He died on July 23, 2014[2]. He worked as a songwriter[3], composer[4], musician[5], and guitarist[6].

FAQs

What did Don Lanier do for work?

Don Lanier worked as a songwriter[3], composer[4], musician[5], and guitarist[6].

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

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  1. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Discogs artist ID → 880376
    Name in native language → Donnie Henson Lanier, Don Lanier
    GND ID → 106567533X
    Given name → Don, Henson
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32116: import P21 and P106 from GND (29)"
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