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Ian Malcolm

fictional character
Person fictional_human Q14916129

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
fictional human, film character, literary character[7][8]
Sex or gender
male[6]
Country of citizenship
United States[3]
Occupation
chaotician
Field of work
chaos theory[4]
Performer
Jeff Goldblum[9]
Affiliation
Santa Fe Institute[14]
Creator
Michael Crichton[5]
Different from
Ian Malcolm[18]
Family name
Malcolm[10]
First appearance
Jurassic Park[19]
From narrative universe
Jurassic Park universe[13]
Given name
Ian[11]
Inspired by
Heinz Pagels[12]
Media franchise
Jurassic Park[20]
P14470
Characters/Dr_Ian_Malcolm[21]
P14750
F224-A1D5-9AE2-85BF-6B12[22]
Present in work
Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Jurassic Park[15][16][17]
🏷️ Also known as
en Dr. Ian Malcolm en Ian Malcolm es Dr. Ian Malcolm he איאן מלקולם ja イアン・マルコム ko 이안 말콤 ko 이언 맬컴 ru Ян Малкольм th เอียน มัลคอล์ม uk Іян Малкольм zh 伊恩·马尔科姆 (侏罗纪公园)
🔖 Identifiers · 8
CharacTour character ID
Ian-Malcolm.Jurassic-Park
Comic Vine ID
4005-62499
Fandom article ID
hero:Ian_Malcolm
Freebase ID
/m/0f_yfn
Giant Bomb ID (former scheme)
3005-36649
Goodreads character ID
54987
Personality Database profile ID
2467, 19526
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["FictionalCharacter", "IanMalcolm:JurassicPark"]

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🔗 Connections
Present in work 4
Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Jurassic Park
Affiliation 1
Santa Fe Institute
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Creator 1
Michael Crichton
Field of work 1
chaos theory
Given name 1
Ian
Inspired by 1
Heinz Pagels
Instance of 1
literary character
Media franchise 1
Jurassic Park
Performer 1
Jeff Goldblum
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Ian Malcolm is a fictional human[1]. He has worked as a chaotician[2].

FAQs

What did Ian Malcolm do for work?

Ian Malcolm worked as a chaotician[2].

Related Entities

Jeff Goldblum Jurassic Park Jurassic Park Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Michael Crichton Santa Fe Institute The Lost World: Jurassic Park United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Jurassic Park. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.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. 9d ago · Madamebiblio · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → fictional character
    "/* wbsetdescription-set:1|en */ fictional character"
  2. 15w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Affiliation → Santa Fe Institute
    Instance of → —
    Field of work → —
    Affiliation → —
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14470: Characters/Dr_Ian_Malcolm, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
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