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John Walsh

American television host, crime victims activist and crime investigator
Person Human Q6262859

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[14]
Date of birth
December 26, 1945
Place of birth
Auburn
Country of citizenship
United States[9]
Occupation
television presenter, actor, lawyer, businessperson, showman, human rights defender, writer[3][4][5][6][7][11]
Educated at
University at Buffalo[12]
Award received
David Angell Humanitarian Award[13]
Child
Adam Walsh[8]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[17]
Family name
Walsh[15]
Given name
John[16]
Native language
English[10]
Start of work period
1981[18]
Writing language
English[19]
🏷️ Also known as
en John Edward Walsh, Jr. en John Walsh fa جان والش ja ジョン・ウォルシュ ru Джон Уолш
🔖 Identifiers · 26
ISNI
0000000067199465
VIAF cluster ID
93886704
Library of Congress Authorities ID
no97057908
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
John Walsh.jpg ↗
C-SPAN person numeric ID
51495
C-SPAN person string ID (deprecated)
51495
Cinémathèque québécoise person ID
5357
Emmys person ID
john-walsh
FAST ID
1856812
Film.ru person ID
dzhon-uolsh
Freebase ID
/m/01yv3r
Google Arts & Culture entity ID
m01yv3r
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HAND ID
8C6C-D810-2197-A5EF-CC93
IMDb ID
nm0909696
Kinobox person ID
918363
NNDB people ID
699/000024627
Plex person key
5d7768408a7581001f12eda5
Prabook ID
72441
SecondHandSongs artist ID
100754
TMDB person ID
190167
TV Maze person ID
74799
Television Academy Foundation interviewee ID
john-walsh
WikiTree person ID
Walsh-2291
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/f223ac27-798b-4b21-80b1-eebe35e0254d
ČSFD person ID
326986

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Occupation 7
actor, writer, lawyer, businessperson, human rights defender, television presenter, showman
Award received 1
David Angell Humanitarian Award
Child 1
Adam Walsh
Children (paternal) 1
Adam Walsh
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Educated at 1
University at Buffalo
Family name 1
Walsh
Given name 1
John
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Native language 1
English
Place of birth 1
Auburn
Sex or gender 1
male
Writing language 1
English
← Creator 1
America's Most Wanted
← Executive producer 1
America's Most Wanted
← Presenter 1
America's Most Wanted
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Summary

John Walsh was born in Auburn[1]. He was born on December 26, 1945[2]. He worked as a television presenter[3], actor[4], lawyer[5], businessperson[6], and showman[7].

FAQs

Where was John Walsh born?

John Walsh's place of birth was Auburn[1].

What did John Walsh do for work?

John Walsh worked as television presenter[3], actor[4], lawyer[5], businessperson[6], and showman[7].

Where did John Walsh go to school?

John Walsh was educated at University at Buffalo[12].

What awards did John Walsh receive?

Honors received include David Angell Humanitarian Award[13].

Related Entities

lawyer United States

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  1. 9w ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    TV Maze person ID → 74799
    "Created claim: TV Maze person ID: 74799, batch #270242"
  2. 13w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Educated at → University at Buffalo
    Award received → David Angell Humanitarian Award
    Sex or gender → male
    Child → Adam Walsh
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #46470: HAND ID (9)"
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