John Howard

Canadian track and field athlete (1888-1937)
Person human Q6240026
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Summary

John Howard was born on October 6, 1888[1], in Winnipeg[2]. He died on January 10, 1937[3], in Winnipeg[4]. He worked as an athletics competitor[5] and baseball player[6]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (51 views/month, #7,292 of 1,000,298).[7]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: Canada[8]
  • Sex or gender: male[9]
  • Participated in conflict: World War I[10]
  • Sport: athletics[11]
  • Family name: Howard[12]
  • Given name: John[13]
  • Described by source: Sports-Reference.com[14]
  • Participant in: 1912 Summer Olympics[15]
  • Nickname: Army[16]
  • Country for sport: Canada[17]
  • Height: 189 cm[18]

Why It Matters

John Howard has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] He is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

FAQs

Where was John Howard born?

John Howard was born in Winnipeg[2].

Where did John Howard die?

John Howard passed away in Winnipeg[4].

What did John Howard do for work?

John Howard worked as an athletics competitor[5] and baseball player[6].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . Sports-Reference.com. wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Sports-Reference.com. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . World Athletics database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [7] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. 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. 15d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of death → Winnipeg
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'de', 'en', 'no', 'pl']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56925|batch #56925]]: Import places of birth, death from dewiki"
  2. 7w ago · WikiTrackBot · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Participant in → 1912 Summer Olympics
    Occupation → athletics competitor, baseball player
    Given name → John
    Instance of → human
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Tilastopaja male athlete id: 618552, add P3884 (618552) via [[toolforge:trackbot|wa2paja]]"
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