Richard Edson

American actor and musician (born 1954)
Person human Q1377218
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Summary

Richard Edson was born on January 1, 1954[1], in New Rochelle[2]. He has worked as an actor[3], musician[4], television actor[5], and film actor[6]. He ranks in the top 0.67% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,664 views/month, #6,741 of 1,000,298).[7]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: United States[8]
  • Native language: English[9]
  • Member of: Sonic Youth[10]
  • Sex or gender: male[11]
  • Commons category: Richard Edson[12]
  • Family name: Edson[13]
  • Given name: Richard[14]
  • Instrument: drum kit[15]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: English[16]
  • Start of work period: 1981[17]
  • Writing language: English[18]
  • P14419: 5083[19]
  • P14750: A31C-0A0F-B2CB-70DF-6B4E[20]

Why It Matters

Richard Edson has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] He is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

FAQs

Where was Richard Edson born?

Richard Edson was born in New Rochelle[2].

What did Richard Edson do for work?

Richard Edson worked as an actor[3], musician[4], television actor[5], and film actor[6].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  5. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  8. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [7] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 13h ago · ならちゃん · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Member of → Sonic Youth
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/60519|batch #60519]]"
  2. 14d ago · ならちゃん · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Allcinema person id → 30684
    Sitelink count → 20
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'azb', 'ckb', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'gl',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Allcinema person id: 30684, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/321969302|リチャード・エドソン (#321969302)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8395|Allcinema person]] #mi"
  3. 9w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → A31C-0A0F-B2CB-70DF-6B4E
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46469|batch #46469]]: HAND ID (8)"
  4. 22w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14419 → 5083
    Writing language → English
    Languages spoken, written or signed → English
    Occupation → actor, musician, television actor +1
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31873|batch #31873]]"
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