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Harry Vardon

British professional golfer (1870–1937)
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Harry Vardon
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Facts

16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[11]
Date of birth
May 9, 1870
Date of death
March 20, 1937
Place of birth
Grouville
Place of death
Hertfordshire
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[8][9]
Occupation
golfer, golf course designer
Award received
World Golf Hall of Fame[10]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[15]
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired[17]
Family name
Vardon[13]
Given name
Harry[14]
Height
+175[16]
Place of burial
St Andrew's Church, Totteridge[7]
Sport
golf[12]
🏷️ Also known as
en Henry Vardon en Harry Vardon en Henry William Vardon cs Henry William Vardon de Vardon es Henry William Vardon es Henry Vardon ja ハリー・バードン ms Harry Vordon ru Гарри Вэрдон sv Vardon zh 哈利·瓦爾登 zh 哈裡·沃爾登 zh 哈里·瓦爾登
🔖 Identifiers · 34
ISNI
0000000084522076
VIAF cluster ID
49214380
Library of Congress authority ID
n85176360
CiNii Research ID
1140845216741263872
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Harry-Vardon
FAST ID
163999
Find a Grave memorial ID
91610336
Freebase ID
/m/02gv0b
GTAA ID
163458
Goodreads author ID
497414
JRC Names ID
555918
Lex ID
Harry_Vardon
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Libraries Australia ID
35663884
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA13323523
NDL Authority ID
01197105
NL CR AUT ID
xx0074286
NLA Trove people ID
1032406
NUKAT ID
n2006133590
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000471472
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007274645005171
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
264637046
Notable Names Database ID
758/000116410
Obálky knih ID
xx0074286
Open Library ID
OL1126381A
Open Plaques subject ID
6818
OpenMLOL author ID
176330
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
38089
Project Gutenberg author ID
33146
SVKKL authority ID
0255569-Vardon-Harry-18701937
Trading Card Database name ID
59437
WikiTree person ID
Vardon-89
World Golf Hall of Fame player ID
harry-vardon
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJkT8XvmMb3FBQB6Pgjpyd
Yale LUX ID
person/446cf2b6-0c65-47f4-9fe5-ddb87aee588a

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Country of citizenship 2
United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Award received 1
World Golf Hall of Fame
Given name 1
Harry
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Named after 1
Harry Vardon Trophy
Occupation 1
golfer
Place of birth 1
Jersey
Place of death 1
Hertfordshire
Sex or gender 1
male
Sport 1
golf
← Characters 1
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Summary

Harry Vardon was born in Grouville[1]. He was born on May 9, 1870[2]. He died in Hertfordshire[3]. He died on March 20, 1937[4]. He worked as a golfer[5] and golf course designer[6].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Harry Vardon include Harry Vardon Trophy[18], an award[19].

Why It Matters

Entities named for him include Harry Vardon Trophy[18], an award[19].

FAQs

Where was Harry Vardon born?

Harry Vardon's place of birth was Grouville[1].

Where did Harry Vardon die?

Harry Vardon passed away in Hertfordshire[3].

What did Harry Vardon do for work?

Harry Vardon worked as golfer[5] and golf course designer[6].

What awards did Harry Vardon receive?

Honors received include World Golf Hall of Fame[10].

Related Entities

United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . Find a Grave. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [2] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [4] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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  1. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 4w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of birth → Grouville
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 4w ago · C960657 · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fi', 'fr', 'it', 'ja', 'ms', 'nl', 'no', '
    Lex ID → Harry_Vardon
    Claims rich → —
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  3. 14w ago · Issac I Navarro · 2026-08-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Signature → Harry Vardon Signature.svg
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Signature: Harry Vardon Signature.svg"
  4. 21w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sport → golf
    SVKKL authority ID → 0255569-Vardon-Harry-18701937
    Family name → Vardon
    Instance of → —
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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