Home › Entities › human › Ralph Samuelson

Ralph Samuelson

Inventor of water skiing (1902–1977)
Person human Q3929806

Facts

10 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[8]
Date of birth
July 2, 1902
Date of death
August 1, 1977, August 28, 1977[3][6]
Place of death
Pine Island
Country of citizenship
United States[7]
Occupation
farmer, inventor
Publication date
July 1, 2022[9]
Family name
Samuelson[10]
Given name
Ralph[11]
🏷️ Also known as
en Ralph Samuelson en Ralph Wilford Samuelson ar رالف سامويلسون he ראלף סמואלסון ja ラルフ・サミュエルソン zh 拉尔夫·萨缪尔森 zh-hant 拉爾夫·薩繆爾森
🔖 Identifiers · 9
VIAF cluster ID
16655140
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n2006056171
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Ralph Samuelson.jpg ↗
Described at URL
www.smithsonianmag.com
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Ralph-Samuelson
FAST ID
1649500
Freebase ID
/m/064b5v
Prabook ID
1933745
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJymwpjpcYGcMtYQyxhGpP

Report an error or request removal Lineage (PROV-JSON)

🔗 Connections
Occupation 2
farmer, inventor
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Given name 1
Ralph
Instance of 1
human
Place of death 1
Pine Island
Sex or gender 1
male
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

Ralph Samuelson was born on July 2, 1902[1]. He died in Pine Island[2]. He died on August 1, 1977[3]. He worked as a farmer[4] and inventor[5].

FAQs

Where did Ralph Samuelson die?

Ralph Samuelson passed away in Pine Island[2].

What did Ralph Samuelson do for work?

Ralph Samuelson worked as farmer[4] and inventor[5].

Related Entities

United States

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Ralph Samuelson. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/ralph-samuelson
MLA “Ralph Samuelson.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 7 Nov. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/ralph-samuelson.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_ralph-samuelson_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Ralph Samuelson}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ralph-samuelson}, note = {Accessed: 2026-11-07}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Ralph Samuelson — https://4ort.xyz/entity/ralph-samuelson (retrieved 2026-11-07)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/ralph-samuelson · Last refreshed:

Edit History

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. 5w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of death → Pine Island
    Sex or gender → male
    Given name → Ralph
    Date of death → +1977-08-01T00:00:00Z, +1977-08-28T00:00:00Z
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #57226: Import and prefer more precise dates from dewiki"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.