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John Hinckley

attempted assassin of Ronald Reagan (born 1955)
Person human Q343960
John Hinckley
United States Federal Bureau of Investigation · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

21 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[9]
Date of birth
May 29, 1955
Place of birth
Ardmore
Country of citizenship
United States[6]
Occupation
criminal
Educated at
Texas Tech University, Highland Park High School[7][8]
Father
John Warnock Hinckley[4]
Mother
Jo Anne Moore[5]
Official website
www.johnhinckleycommunity.com[15]
Birth name
John Warnock Hinckley Jr.[19]
Family name
Hinckley[12]
Generational suffix
L252247-F2
Given name
John[13]
Medical condition
narcissistic personality disorder, schizophrenia[16][17]
Name in native language
John Hinckley Jr.[20]
Number of viewers/listeners
+2045416[21]
Participant in
attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan[18]
Residence
Evergreen, University Park[10][11]
Significant event
attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan[14]
Social media followers
42k (18k–52k, n=6)[22][23][24][25][26][27]
🏷️ Also known as
en John Hinckley Jr. en John Hinckley en John Warnock Hinckley en John Warnock Hinckley Jr. ar جون هينكلي جونيور ar جون هنكلي جونيور cs John Warnock Hinckley da John W. Hinckley, Jr. da John W. Hinckley Jr. da John Hinckley, Jr. da John Hinckley da John Warnock Hinckley de John Hinckley es John Warnock Hinckley Jr es John Hinckley Jr es John Hinckley Jr. es John Warnock Hinckley fa جان هینکلی fi John Hinckley Jr. fr John Hinckley
🔖 Identifiers · 42
ISNI
0000000082741689
VIAF cluster ID
79430999
Library of Congress authority ID
n82269161
GND ID
120038021
Apple Music artist ID
1589142557
BBC Things ID
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Comic Vine ID
4005-22156
Deezer artist ID
5874542
Discogs artist ID
1339326
EBay username
kingsmgoods
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/John-W-Hinckley-Jr
FAST ID
126455
Show all 42 identifiers +30
Film.ru person ID
john-hinckley-jr
Freebase ID
/m/01gfrc
GeneaStar person ID
johnwarnockhinckleyj
Genealogics.org person ID
I00489677
Geni.com profile ID
6000000039799627349
Harper's tag
john-w-hinckley
IMDb ID
nm0385491
Instagram username
officialjohnhinckley
JRC Names ID
178531
Kinobox person ID
868202
Know Your Meme slug
john-hinckley-jr
MusicBrainz artist ID
f53451f0-17dc-44a0-85e8-7649d1dc21b0
NLP ID
a0000003653016
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007455046205171
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810661908405606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
132076667
Notable Names Database ID
419/000025344
Pandora artist ID
AR9JdKvlvb24m4V
Plex person key
68349fc126d479e6c141347a
Qobuz artist ID
144129
Quora topic ID
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SNAC ARK ID
w6v41f5z
Spotify artist ID
1SFuE9YchB2mp6NkLTGfF4
Tidal artist ID
6821871
WikiTree person ID
Hinckley-1330
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJd8bTfqJRGr4Y4p3Mwgrq
X (Twitter) username
JohnHinckley20
Yale LUX ID
person/7da993ca-da43-425a-aa23-ac70e756dbbc
YouTube channel ID
UCck3J5KR3INUP1K-hrBe8iA
YouTube handle
johnhinckley6860

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🔗 Connections
Medical condition 2
schizophrenia, narcissistic personality disorder
Residence 2
University Park, Evergreen
← Cast member 2
Riot, Faces of Death II
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Educated at 1
Texas Tech University
Given name 1
John
Instance of 1
human
Occupation 1
criminal
Participant in 1
attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan
Place of birth 1
Ardmore
Sex or gender 1
male
Significant event 1
attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan
← Characters 1
Assassins
← Killed by 1
James Brady
← Perpetrator 1
attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan
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Summary

John Hinckley was born on May 29, 1955[1], in Ardmore[2]. He has worked as a criminal[3].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[28]

  • Country: US[29]

  • Began / founded: 1955-05-29[30]

  • MusicBrainz ID: f53451f0-17dc-44a0-85e8-7649d1dc21b0[31]

FAQs

Where was John Hinckley born?

John Hinckley was born in Ardmore[2].

Who were John Hinckley's parents?

John Hinckley's father was John Warnock Hinckley[4]. John Hinckley's mother was Jo Anne Moore[5].

What did John Hinckley do for work?

John Hinckley worked as a criminal[3].

Where did John Hinckley go to school?

John Hinckley was educated at Texas Tech University[7] and Highland Park High School[8].

Related Entities

United States

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . Genealogics. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Genealogics. wikidata.org.
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  11. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  21. [21] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  25. [25] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'he', 'hy', 'i
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  2. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Citizenship → —
    Significant event → attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan
    Harper's tag → john-w-hinckley
    Family name → Hinckley
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