Eddie Lang

American jazz guitarist (1902–1933)

Person Human Q338957

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Facts

20 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[14]
Date of birth: October 25, 1902
Date of death: March 26, 1933
Place of birth: Philadelphia
Place of death: New York City
Country of citizenship: United States^[11]
Occupation: banjoist, jazz musician, guitarist, jazz guitarist, violinist, musician^[12]
Genre: jazz^[15]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[21]
Different from: Willie Dunn^[23]
Family name: Lang^[17]
Given name: Eddie^[18]
Instrument: guitar^[20]
Member of: Victor Recording Orchestra^[13]
Name in native language: Eddie Lang^[22]
Place of burial: Holy Cross Cemetery^[10]
Pseudonym: Blind Willie Dunn^[19]
Record label: OKeh Records^[16]
Start of work period: 1918^[24]

🏷️ Also known as

en Eddie Lang en Salvatore Massaro ar إدي لانغ cs Salvatore Massaro cs Ed Lang cs Blind Willie Dunn fa ادی لنگ he אדי לאנג ja エディ・ラング ru Эдди Ланг

🔖 Identifiers · 44

ISNI: 368.4M (63.1M–368.4M, n=3)
VIAF cluster ID: 27252284
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n82026858
GND ID: 122298144, 134363442
All About Jazz musician ID: 8574
AllMusic artist ID: mn0000141096
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE): LangEddie1902-1933
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 138963185
CANTIC ID: 981061194533606706
Carnegie Hall agent ID: 1021631
DAHR artist ID: 103511
DDB person (GND) ID: 122298144

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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 122298144, 134363442
Discogs artist ID: 301357, 1066758
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: biography/Eddie-Lang
FAST ID: 87835
Find a Grave memorial ID: 6428504
Freebase ID: /m/01bmgb
GTAA ID: 123917
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: Eddie_Lang
Grove Music Online ID: 15962
HAND ID: DC52-7B3F-F2D4-EE2D-4E2B
IMDb ID: nm0485734
IdRef ID: 145652149
KBR person ID: 14054503
Kinobox person ID: 878476
MusicBrainz artist ID: 7c6e10c8-7896-4624-a46b-2f3b5784d2d6
Muziekweb performer ID: M00000089498
NE.se ID: eddie-lang
NL CR AUT ID: xx0187436
NLA Trove people ID: 1037395
NLP ID: a0000003514236
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810574370905606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID: XX1719246
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 073694398
OpenMLOL author ID: 124227
Oxford Reference overview ID: 20110803100050572
SBN author ID: SBLV050951
SNAC ARK ID: w6sq9wr7
SecondHandSongs artist ID: 52579
TMDB person ID: 1465456
Treccani ID: eddie-lang
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJdWM76Bm87rT9B7QxPG73
Yale LUX ID: person/690bfc87-fdab-4dcb-b95a-6dc9fe93aae6

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🔗 Connections

Occupation 4

guitarist, violinist, jazz musician, banjoist

Mb:member of band 2

Mound City Blue Blowers, Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Different from 1

Willie Dunn

Family name 1

Lang

Genre 1

jazz

Given name 1

Eddie

Instance of 1

human

Instrument 1

guitar

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Mb:supporting musician 1

Bing Crosby

Place of birth 1

Philadelphia

Place of death 1

New York City

Record label 1

OKeh Records

Sex or gender 1

male

← Cast member 1

The Big Broadcast

← Different from 1

Willie Dunn

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Summary

Eddie Lang was born on October 25, 1902^[1], in Philadelphia^[2]. He died on March 26, 1933^[3], in New York City^[4]. He worked as a banjoist^[5], jazz musician^[6], guitarist^[7], jazz guitarist^[8], and violinist^[9].

FAQs

Where was Eddie Lang born?

Eddie Lang's place of birth was Philadelphia^[2].

Where did Eddie Lang die?

Eddie Lang died in New York City^[4].

What did Eddie Lang do for work?

Eddie Lang worked as a banjoist^[5], jazz musician^[6], guitarist^[7], jazz guitarist^[8], and violinist^[9].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Eddie Lang — place of birth (P19): Philadelphia. Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2026-10-17. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Eddie Lang — place of death (P20): New York City. Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2026-10-17. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Eddie Lang — sex or gender (P21): male. Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved 2018-11-04. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Eddie Lang — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Eddie Lang — occupation (P106): banjoist. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Eddie Lang — occupation (P106): jazz musician. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Eddie Lang — occupation (P106): guitarist. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Eddie Lang — occupation (P106): jazz guitarist. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Eddie Lang — occupation (P106): violinist. Retrieved 2019-06-14. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Eddie Lang — occupation (P106): musician. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Eddie Lang — place of burial (P119): Holy Cross Cemetery. Find a Grave. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Eddie Lang — genre (P136): jazz. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Eddie Lang — record label (P264): OKeh Records. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Eddie Lang — member of (P463): Victor Recording Orchestra. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Eddie Lang — date of birth (P569): October 25, 1902. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Eddie Lang — date of death (P570): March 26, 1933. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Eddie Lang — family name (P734): Lang. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Eddie Lang — given name (P735): Eddie. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-08-14. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Eddie Lang — pseudonym (P742): Blind Willie Dunn. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2020-08-30. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Eddie Lang — instrument (P1303): guitar. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Eddie Lang — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Eddie Lang — name in native language (P1559): Eddie Lang. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Eddie Lang — different from (P1889): Willie Dunn. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Eddie Lang — start of work period (P2031): 1918. wikidata.org.

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26d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗

"Changed [nb] labels, descriptions, aliases and claims: other names, source for place of birth, source for place of death, source for date of birth, source for date of death from Store norske leksik"
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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID → 122298144, 134363442

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HAND ID → DC52-7B3F-F2D4-EE2D-4E2B

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Occupation → banjoist, jazz musician, guitarist +1

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26w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Languages spoken, written or signed → English

Place of burial → Holy Cross Cemetery

Different from → Willie Dunn

Start of work period → 1918

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