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Harold Shipman

English doctor and serial killer (1947-2004)
Person Human Q310260

Facts

20 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[12]
Date of birth
January 14, 1946
Date of death
January 13, 2004
Place of birth
Nottingham
Place of death
HM Prison Wakefield
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[7]
Occupation
physician, serial killer
Educated at
University of Leeds, Wetherby High School, Leeds School of Medicine[8][9][10]
Religion or worldview
atheism[11]
Cause of death
hanging to death[13]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[20]
Birth name
Harold Frederick Shipman[21]
Convicted of
murder[19]
Different from
Dr. Death[23]
Family name
Shipman[14]
Given name
Harold, Frederick[15][16]
Manner of death
suicide[17]
Number of victims of killer
+215[18]
Penalty
life imprisonment[22]
🏷️ Also known as
en Harold Frederick Shipman en Fred Shipman en Harold Shipman ar الدكتور هارولد فريدريك شيبمان ar هارولد شيبمان cs Harold Frederick Shipman de Harold Frederick Shipman es Harold Frederick Shipman fa هارولد شیپمن fi Tohtori kuolema he הרולד פרדריק שיפמן he הרולד שיפמן he פרד שיפמן it Dottor Morte it Harold Frederick Shipman ja ハロルド・シップマン ko 해럴드 시프먼 pl Doktor Śmierć pl Harold Frederick Shipman pt Harold Frederick Shipman
🔖 Identifiers · 23
VIAF cluster ID
70887358
Library of Congress Authorities ID
nb99080599
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Garden of Tranquility - geograph.org.uk - 1005040.jpg ↗
BBC Things ID
5e13364d-e201-48e1-b982-6dc558a099ce
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
ShipmanHaroldFrederick1946-
CANTIC ID
981060030206706706
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Harold-Shipman
FAST ID
445666
Freebase ID
/m/0jz7d
IMDb ID
nm1526240
NNDB people ID
677/000025602
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX6355374
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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
93160
SNAC ARK ID
w63p77bp
TMDB person ID
2938990
The Top Tens ID (archived)
4070
UK National Archives ID
F258045
UK Parliament thesaurus ID
396915
Wellcome Collection concept ID
v33859e4
WikiKids ID
Harold_Shipman
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJvCTwPM3GFX4cQxvFcMfq
Yale LUX ID
person/f94e4a09-a8d8-4eb4-8f83-04835c35f8b2
ČSFD person ID
958467

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🔗 Connections
Educated at 2
University of Leeds, Leeds School of Medicine
Given name 2
Frederick, Harold
Occupation 2
physician, serial killer
Cause of death 1
hanging to death
Convicted of 1
murder
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Different from 1
Dr. Death
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Manner of death 1
suicide
Penalty 1
life imprisonment
Place of birth 1
Nottingham
Religion or worldview 1
atheism
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Born in Nottingham[1], he… he was born on January 14, 1946[2]. He passed away in HM Prison Wakefield[3]. He died on January 13, 2004[4]. He worked as a physician[5] and serial killer[6].

Body

Education

Educated at University of Leeds[8], a public research university[24], in United Kingdom[25], founded in 1904[26], headquartered in Leeds[27]; Wetherby High School[9], a high school[28], in United Kingdom[29]; and Leeds School of Medicine[10], a medical school[30], in United Kingdom[31], founded in 1831[32].

FAQs

Where was Harold Shipman born?

Born in Nottingham[1].

Where did Harold Shipman die?

Harold Shipman died in HM Prison Wakefield[3].

What did Harold Shipman do for work?

Harold Shipman worked as physician[5] and serial killer[6].

Where did Harold Shipman go to school?

Harold Shipman was educated at University of Leeds[8], Wetherby High School[9], and Leeds School of Medicine[10].

Related Entities

United Kingdom

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  11. [13] ↑ . news.bbc.co.uk. news.bbc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [2] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [4] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  17. [17] ↑ . news.bbc.co.uk. news.bbc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . bbc.co.uk. bbc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . bbc.co.uk. bbc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 5w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed [de] labels, descriptions or aliases: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #57891: Import missing aliases from dewiki 1/5"
  2. 12w ago · ~2026-44652-36 · 2026-08-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Birth name → Harold Frederick Shipman
    "Changed claim: Birth name: Harold Frederick Shipman"
  3. 12w ago · ~2026-44588-53 · 2026-08-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Birth name → Harold Frederick Shipman
    "Changed claim: Birth name: chupapi muñaño"
  4. 27w ago · Magnus Manske · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    CANTIC ID → 981060030206706706
    "Created claim: CANTIC ID: 981060030206706706, batch #257405"
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