Larry Levan

American DJ from New York City (1954–1992)

Person Human Q1341804

Facts

16 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[11]
Date of birth: July 20, 1954
Date of death: November 8, 1992
Place of birth: New York City
Place of death: Beth Israel Medical Center
Country of citizenship: United States^[9]
Occupation: club DJ, disc jockey, record producer, composer
Educated at: Erasmus Hall High School^[10]
Genre: garage house, house music^[12]^[13]
Cause of death: stroke^[15]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[20]
Family name: Levan^[16]
Given name: Larry, Walter^[17]^[18]
Manner of death: natural causes^[19]
Record label: Salsoul Records^[14]

🏷️ Also known as

en Larry Levan ar لاري ليفان fa لری لوون he לארי לבן id walter lavant band it Lawrence Philpot ja ラリー・レヴァン sv Levan

🔖 Identifiers · 29

ISNI: 0000000399892039
VIAF cluster ID: 295354786
GND ID: 1101364602
AllMusic artist ID: mn0000131624
Allcinema person ID: 95218
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 16657633c
Deezer artist ID: 5201125
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 1101364602
Discogs artist ID: 3483
Freebase ID: /m/01wx0v6
Genius artist ID: Larry-levan
Grove Music Online ID: A2267067

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HAND ID: A521-8FCF-5E9F-8C2B-0B70
IMDb ID: nm1385995
Kinobox person ID: 548608
Last.fm ID: Larry+Levan
MusicBrainz artist ID: 3522a104-c3ce-4ee8-865a-fcf3fc08095d
Muziekweb performer ID: M00000124924
NNDB people ID: 093/000031000
National Library of Lithuania ID: LNB:CO3A;=qP
Oxford Reference overview ID: 20110803100102145
Pitchfork artist ID: 2465-larry-levan
Rate Your Music artist ID: larry_levan
Resident Advisor artist ID: larrylevan
Rock's Backpages artist ID: larry-levan
TMDB person ID: 575434
Tidal artist ID: 3855755
WhoSampled artist ID: Larry-Levan
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJrm4G7rMVMgwPx8x8tqcP

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Occupation 3

composer, disc jockey, record producer

Genre 2

house music, garage house

Cause of death 1

stroke

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Given name 1

Walter

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Manner of death 1

natural causes

Mb:member of band 1

Peech Boys

Mb:performer of 1

Live & Remastered

Place of birth 1

New York City

Place of death 1

Beth Israel Medical Center

Record label 1

Salsoul Records

Sex or gender 1

male

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Johanna von Puttkamer

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Summary

Larry Levan was born on July 20, 1954^[1], in New York City^[2]. He died on November 8, 1992^[3], in Beth Israel Medical Center^[4]. He worked as a club DJ^[5], disc jockey^[6], record producer^[7], and composer^[8].

FAQs

Where was Larry Levan born?

Larry Levan was born in New York City^[2].

Where did Larry Levan die?

Larry Levan passed away in Beth Israel Medical Center^[4].

What did Larry Levan do for work?

Larry Levan worked as a club DJ^[5], disc jockey^[6], record producer^[7], and composer^[8].

Where did Larry Levan go to school?

Larry Levan was educated at Erasmus Hall High School^[10].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Larry Levan — place of birth (P19): New York City. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-11-07. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Larry Levan — place of death (P20): Beth Israel Medical Center. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Larry Levan — sex or gender (P21): male. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Larry Levan — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Larry Levan — educated at (P69): Erasmus Hall High School. Retrieved 2021-03-04. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Larry Levan — occupation (P106): club DJ. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Larry Levan — occupation (P106): disc jockey. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Larry Levan — occupation (P106): record producer. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Larry Levan — occupation (P106): composer. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Larry Levan — genre (P136): garage house. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Larry Levan — genre (P136): house music. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Larry Levan — record label (P264): Salsoul Records. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Larry Levan — cause of death (P509): stroke. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Larry Levan — date of birth (P569): July 20, 1954. BnF authorities. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Larry Levan — date of death (P570): November 8, 1992. BnF authorities. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Larry Levan — family name (P734): Levan. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Larry Levan — given name (P735): Larry. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Larry Levan — given name (P735): Walter. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Larry Levan — manner of death (P1196): natural causes. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Larry Levan — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. wikidata.org.

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5d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #65775: add GND as source to unsourced or imported places and occupations"
13d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Deezer artist ID → 5201125

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63224: Import Deezer artist ID from MusicBrainz via its artist ID in Wikidata. Also matched on name. Part1: imp"
13d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Tidal artist ID → 3855755

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63220: Import Tidal artist ID from MusicBrainz, also matching on name. Part1.: import Tidal artist ID (P4576) f"
10w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Allcinema person ID → 95218

"Created claim: Allcinema person ID: 95218, Matched to ラリー・レヴァン (#322050331) in Allcinema person #mix'n"
12w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗

HAND ID → A521-8FCF-5E9F-8C2B-0B70

"Created claim: HAND ID: A521-8FCF-5E9F-8C2B-0B70, batch #269215"
26w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Record label → Salsoul Records

Place of death → Beth Israel Medical Center

Manner of death → natural causes

Given name → Larry, Walter

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"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #31712: import P21 and P106 from GND (11)"

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