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Headless Horseman

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Headless Horseman
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Headless Horseman

Summary

Headless Horseman is a folklore character[1]. He ranks in the top 5% of folklore_character entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,465 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Headless Horseman is recorded as male[3].
  • Headless Horseman's instance of is recorded as folklore character[4].
  • Headless Horseman's instance of is recorded as ghost in a work of fiction[5].
  • Headless Horseman's Commons category is recorded as Headless horseriders[6].
  • Headless Horseman's P14750 is recorded as 0616-F59D-B367-240E-2E30[7].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Headless Horseman include horsemaning[8], an internet meme[9].

Why It Matters

Headless Horseman ranks in the top 5% of folklore_character entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,465 views/month).[2] He has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] He is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Entities named for him include horsemaning[8], an internet meme[9].

Related Entities

Sleepy Hollow

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [9] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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. 17d ago · Mcampany-emco · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Library of congress authority id → sh2010012079, no2020124874
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/51412|batch #51412]]: adding deprecated identifier qualifier"
  2. 5w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 0616-F59D-B367-240E-2E30
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14750]]: 0616-F59D-B367-240E-2E30, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/265669|batch #265669]]"
  3. 13w ago · Pogôdô · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sex or gender → male
    Instance of → —
    Instance of → folklore character, ghost in a work of fiction
    Aliases → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q30061299]]"
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