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Fred Guy

American musician (1897–1971)
Person Human Q277998
Fred Guy
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Facts

14 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[11]
Date of birth
May 23, 1897
Date of death
December 22, 1971, November 22, 1971[4][9]
Place of birth
Burkeville
Place of death
Chicago
Country of citizenship
United States[10]
Occupation
guitarist, banjoist, jazz musician, jazz guitarist
Genre
jazz[12]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[16]
Family name
Guy[13]
Given name
Fred[14]
Instrument
guitar[15]
Start of work period
1924[17]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 25
ISNI
0000000406993031
VIAF cluster ID
51877191
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n80124239
GND ID
1185301038
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000106465
BIBSYS ID
1054042
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13921508x
Carnegie Hall agent ID
27663
DAHR artist ID
102900
DBC author ID
87097990884573
Discogs artist ID
307392
Europeana entity
agent/base/105142
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Film.ru person ID
fred-guy
Freebase ID
/m/01vzbm4
Grove Music Online ID
J181900
HAND ID
0858-C444-EDC4-7E69-EAD2
IMDb ID
nm1334143
J9U entity ID
987007364018205171
MusicBrainz artist ID
ffd90943-ec19-4b02-8077-1cf2e4221b90
OpenMLOL author ID
271350
RERO ID (legacy)
A005945688
SBN author ID
DDSV138183
SNAC ARK ID
w6nh8vr4
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJmy4byxtbyvg4dWx47fv3
Yale LUX ID
person/716e2492-e0fb-474e-85fc-22830f17a613

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 3
guitarist, jazz musician, banjoist
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Genre 1
jazz
Given name 1
Fred
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
guitar
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Mb:member of band 1
Duke Ellington Orchestra
Place of birth 1
Burkeville
Place of death 1
Chicago
Sex or gender 1
male
← EU Knowledge Graph item ID 1
Roccaspinalveti
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Summary

Born in Burkeville[1], he… he was born on May 23, 1897[2]. He passed away in Chicago[3]. He died on December 22, 1971[4]. He worked as a guitarist[5], banjoist[6], jazz musician[7], and jazz guitarist[8].

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: Person[18]

  • Country: US[19]

  • Began / founded: 1897-05-23[20]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1971-12-22[21]

  • Genre(s): jazz[22]

  • Community tags: jazz[23]

  • MusicBrainz ID: ffd90943-ec19-4b02-8077-1cf2e4221b90[24]

FAQs

Where was Fred Guy born?

Born in Burkeville[1].

Where did Fred Guy die?

Fred Guy passed away in Chicago[3].

What did Fred Guy do for work?

Fred Guy worked as guitarist[5], banjoist[6], jazz musician[7], and jazz guitarist[8].

Related Entities

Roccaspinalveti United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [2] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.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. 5w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed [de] labels, descriptions or aliases: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #57984: Import missing aliases from dewiki 1/3"
  2. 12w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    HAND ID → 0858-C444-EDC4-7E69-EAD2
    "Created claim: HAND ID: 0858-C444-EDC4-7E69-EAD2, batch #269215"
  3. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instrument → guitar
    Place of birth → Burkeville
    Start of work period → 1924
    Occupation → guitarist, banjoist, jazz musician +1
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32082: import P21 and P106 from GND (24)"
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