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Nearly Headless Nick

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Nearly Headless Nick

Summary

Nearly Headless Nick is a wizard in the Harry Potter universe[1]. He was born on +1450-00-00T00:00:00Z[2]. He died on +1492-10-31T00:00:00Z[3]. He draws 62 Wikipedia views per month (wizard_in_the_harry_potter_universe category, ranking #46 of 135).[4]

Key Facts

  • Nearly Headless Nick was born on +1450-00-00T00:00:00Z[2].
  • Nearly Headless Nick died on +1492-10-31T00:00:00Z[3].
  • Nearly Headless Nick is the creator of Q34660[5].
  • Nearly Headless Nick was a member of Gryffindor[6].
  • Nearly Headless Nick's image is recorded as The Making of Harry Potter 29-05-2012 (7526849088).jpg[7].
  • Nearly Headless Nick is recorded as male[8].
  • Nearly Headless Nick's instance of is recorded as wizard in the Harry Potter universe[9].
  • Nearly Headless Nick's instance of is recorded as Hogwarts Houses' ghosts[10].
  • Nearly Headless Nick's instance of is recorded as literary character[11].
  • Nearly Headless Nick's instance of is recorded as film character[12].
  • Nearly Headless Nick's killed by is recorded as muggle[13].
  • Nearly Headless Nick's performer is recorded as John Cleese[14].
  • The cause of death was decapitation[15].
  • Nearly Headless Nick's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08nnsty[16].
  • Nearly Headless Nick's given name is recorded as Nicholas[17].
  • Nearly Headless Nick's given name is recorded as Nick[18].
  • Nearly Headless Nick's from narrative universe is recorded as Harry Potter universe[19].
  • Nearly Headless Nick's manner of death is recorded as capital punishment[20].
  • Nearly Headless Nick's present in work is recorded as Q8337[21].
  • Nearly Headless Nick's name in native language is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington'}[22].
  • Nearly Headless Nick's superhuman feature or ability is recorded as magic in Harry Potter[23].
  • Nearly Headless Nick's Comic Vine ID is recorded as 4005-111046[24].
  • Nearly Headless Nick's Fandom article ID is recorded as ru.harrypotter:Сэр_Николас_де_Мимси-Дельфингтон[25].
  • Nearly Headless Nick's Fandom article ID is recorded as harrypotter:Nicholas_de_Mimsy-Porpington[26].
  • Nearly Headless Nick's Fandom article ID is recorded as de.harry-potter:Fast_Kopfloser_Nick[27].

Body

Origins and Family

Nearly Headless Nick was born on +1450-00-00T00:00:00Z[2].

Works and Contributions

Nearly Headless Nick is the creator of Q34660[5].

Death and Burial

Nearly Headless Nick died on +1492-10-31T00:00:00Z[3]. The cause of death was decapitation[15].

Why It Matters

Nearly Headless Nick draws 62 Wikipedia views per month (wizard_in_the_harry_potter_universe category, ranking #46 of 135).[4] He has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] He is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone John Cleese

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . harrypotter.fandom.com. Retrieved . harrypotter.fandom.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [4] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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