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Jeff Kaplan

American video game designer
Person Human Q3019571

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[11]
Date of birth
November 4, 1972
Place of birth
New Jersey
Country of citizenship
United States[6]
Occupation
board game designer, video game director, video game designer
Employer
Blizzard Entertainment[8]
Position held
vice president[7]
Educated at
University of Southern California, New York University[9][10]
Different from
Jeffrey Kaplan[15]
Family name
Kaplan[12]
Given name
Jeffrey[13]
Name in native language
Jeff Kaplan[14]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 10
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Jeff Kaplan at 2019 OWL Grand Finals.jpg ↗
Booru tag
jeff_kaplan
Famous Birthdays ID
people/jeff-kaplan
Freebase ID
/m/0gvz6l
Giant Bomb ID (former scheme)
3040-90443
Giant Bomb Wiki ID
People/Jeff_Kaplan
Internet Game Database person ID (archived)
jeffrey-kaplan, jeff-kaplan
MobyGames person ID
155811
Quora topic ID
Jeff-Kaplan-game-designer
Sinemalar person ID
822766

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🔗 Connections
Educated at 2
New York University, University of Southern California
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Different from 1
Jeffrey Kaplan
Employer 1
Blizzard Entertainment
Family name 1
Kaplan
Films directed 1
Overwatch
Founded entities 1
Kintsugiyama
Given name 1
Jeffrey
Instance of 1
human
Occupation 1
board game designer
Place of birth 1
New Jersey
Position held 1
vice president
Sex or gender 1
male
← Designed by 1
Overwatch
← Different from 1
Jeffrey Kaplan
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Summary

Jeff Kaplan's place of birth was New Jersey[1]. He was born on November 4, 1972[2]. He worked as a board game designer[3], video game director[4], and video game designer[5].

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Education

Educated at University of Southern California[9], a private university[16], in United States[17], founded in 1880[18], headquartered in Los Angeles[19] and New York University[10], a private university[20], in United States[21], founded in 1831[22], headquartered in New York City[23].

FAQs

Where was Jeff Kaplan born?

Jeff Kaplan was born in New Jersey[1].

What did Jeff Kaplan do for work?

Jeff Kaplan worked as board game designer[3], video game director[4], and video game designer[5].

Where did Jeff Kaplan go to school?

Jeff Kaplan was educated at University of Southern California[9] and New York University[10].

Related Entities

Blizzard Entertainment New Jersey United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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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. 9w ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sinemalar person ID → 822766
    "Created claim: Sinemalar person ID: 822766, batch #270606"
  2. 15w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Position held → vice president
    Employer → Blizzard Entertainment
    Family name → Kaplan
    Country of citizenship → United States
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Giant Bomb Wiki ID: People/Jeff_Kaplan, Adding missing P14470 and P9675 qualifier based on P5247"
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