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Otto Devrient

German actor and playwright (1838–1894)
Person human Q88289

Facts

20 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[16]
Date of birth
October 3, 1838
Date of death
June 23, 1894
Place of birth
Berlin
Place of death
Szczecin
Country of citizenship
Germany[14]
Occupation
actor, stage actor, writer, playwright, director, Theaterintendant[5][6][7][8][9][15]
Father
Eduard Devrient[11]
Child
Ernst Devrient, Hans Devrient[12][13]
Languages spoken, written or signed
German[22]
Archives at
Archive of the Academy of Arts[17]
Described by source
Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20][21]
Family name
Devrient[18]
Given name
Otto[19]
Name in native language
Otto Devrient[23]
P14536
415559
P14585
100477
P14927
116089083
Place of burial
Nordfriedhof[10]
🏷️ Also known as
en Otto Devrient ar أوتو ديفرينت de Otto Eduard Devrient ru Отто Девриент
🔖 Identifiers · 29
ISNI
0000000055359855
VIAF cluster ID
72135796
Library of Congress authority ID
no2009039074
GND ID
116089083
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Die Gartenlaube (1883) b 684.jpg ↗
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
devrient-otto
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp02164257
DDB person (GND) ID
116089083
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
116089083
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Otto-Devrient
FID performing arts ID
agent/gnd_116089083
Frankfurter Personenlexikon ID
2006
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Freebase ID
/m/0gchhw
Geni.com profile ID
6000000020352079378
Hessian Biography person (GND) ID
7708
IdRef ID
121792242
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
116089083
Kallías ID
PE00013552
Museum-digital ID
175675
NUKAT ID
n2010172403
National Library of Greece ID
129767
National Library of Latvia ID
000294764
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
170263533
Open Library ID
OL5189729A
Prabook ID
2117555
RISM ID
people/9023
SNAC ARK ID
w6g18hg1
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJh8QW8dtKyvJtKxDRqvpP
Yale LUX ID
person/a720578d-aea6-4580-99b4-a086c9ae8c3d

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 3
actor, writer, stage actor
Described by source 2
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
Country of citizenship 1
Germany
Father 1
Eduard Devrient
Given name 1
Otto
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
German
Parent of 1
Eduard Devrient
Place of birth 1
Berlin
Place of burial 1
Nordfriedhof
Place of death 1
Szczecin
Sex or gender 1
male
← FactGrid item ID 1
Ludwigschorgast
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Summary

Otto Devrient was born in Berlin[1]. He was born on October 3, 1838[2]. He passed away in Szczecin[3]. He died on June 23, 1894[4]. He worked as an actor[5], stage actor[6], writer[7], playwright[8], and director[9].

Body

Personal Life

Children include Ernst Devrient[12], an archivist[24], 1873–1948[25], of Germany[26], specialised in archival science[27] and Hans Devrient[13], a historian[28], 1868–1927[29], specialised in theatre studies[30].

FAQs

Where was Otto Devrient born?

Otto Devrient's place of birth was Berlin[1].

Where did Otto Devrient die?

Otto Devrient passed away in Szczecin[3].

Who were Otto Devrient's parents?

Otto Devrient's father was Eduard Devrient[11].

What did Otto Devrient do for work?

Otto Devrient worked as actor[5], stage actor[6], writer[7], playwright[8], and director[9].

Related Entities

Germany Szczecin

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . kalliope-verbund.info. kalliope-verbund.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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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. 4w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14927 → 116089083
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'hy', 'ru', 'sv', 'vo']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/57570|batch #57570]]: Import LEO-BW ID"
  2. 7w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Hessian Biography person (GND) ID → 7708
    P14585 → 100477
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/54302|batch #54302]]: migrate GND to own IDs"
  3. 18w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14536 → 415559
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14536: 415559, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782462304762"
  4. 23w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → actor, stage actor, writer +3
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32153|batch #32153]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (35)"
  5. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sex or gender → male
    Place of burial → Nordfriedhof
    Instance of → —
    Family name → Devrient
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/30851|batch #30851]]: match CERL IDs on the basis of GND (7)"
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