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Ron Galella

American photographer and paparazzo (1931–2022)
Person human Q331364

Facts

23 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[11]
Date of birth
January 10, 1931
Date of death
April 30, 2022
Place of birth
New York City, The Bronx[1][8]
Place of death
Montville
Country of citizenship
United States[9]
Occupation
photographer, photojournalist, paparazzi
Educated at
Art Center College of Design[10]
Official website
www.rongalella.com[16]
Cause of death
heart failure[12]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[19]
Artist files at
Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library
Copyright status as a creator
works protected by copyrights
Described by source
Ron Galella, Celebrity-Hounding Photographer, Dies at 91[18]
Family name
Galella[14]
Given name
Ron[15]
Has works in the collection
Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Photography Collection[21][22][23]
Manner of death
natural causes[17]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject New York Public Library[20]
P14750
06D8-BC95-D9E5-C6AC-FAA9
Participated in conflict
Korean War[13]
Social media followers
+1417, +1438
🏷️ Also known as
en Ronald Edward Galella en Ron Galella ar رون جاليا cs Ronald Edward Galella de Galella es Ronald Edward Galella it Ronald Edward Galella
🔖 Identifiers · 56
ISNI
0000000081425094
VIAF cluster ID
62915015
Library of Congress authority ID
n83022386
GND ID
128466634
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Ron GalellapH.jpg ↗
AllMovie person ID
p666531
Artist-info artist ID
221408
Artists of the World ID
40434429
Artnet artist ID
ron-galella
Artsy artist ID
ron-galella
AskArt person ID
11101889
Basis Wien person ID
77681
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
16148285p
Christie's creator ID
23168
CiNii Research ID
1140000791681476352
Europeana entity
agent/base/157071
FAST ID
109085
Facebook username
rongalella
Fandango person ID
229771, 457956
Film.ru person ID
ron-galella
FotoCH photographer ID
48848
Freebase ID
/m/07q83n
GTAA ID
232460
George Eastman Museum people ID
23035
IMDb ID
nm3108406
IdRef ID
131323806
Instagram username
ron_galella
Invaluable.com person ID
keerps2crf
Libraries Australia ID
35109758
Libris-URI
ljx14fk429cncbp
Luminous-Lint ID
Ron__Galella
Museum of Modern Art artist ID
32885
MutualArt artist ID
BFEC6E36B87DBBF0
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA08161477
NDL Authority ID
00440422
NLA Trove people ID
829458
National Library of Israel ID (old)
004966616
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007411831805171
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX5094141
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
317554743
OpenMLOL author ID
326874
Photographers' Identities Catalog ID
3100
Prabook ID
574522
RKDartists ID
393814
SBN author ID
TERV030221
SELIBR ID
278494
SFMOMA artist ID
Ron_Galella
TMDB person ID
3032482
Threads username
ron_galella
U.S. National Archives Identifier
10569668
Union List of Artist Names ID
500343122
Unz Review author ID
GalellaRon
WikiTree person ID
Galella-9
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJvtdVVDjMcxGP4Xcj8Bfq
X (Twitter) username
rongalella
Yale LUX ID
person/467236a9-b5f3-48ce-a9cd-c988e0712aef

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 3
photographer, paparazzi, photojournalist
Has works in the collection 2
Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Cause of death 1
heart failure
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Educated at 1
Art Center College of Design
Given name 1
Ron
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Participated in conflict 1
Korean War
Place of birth 1
New York City
Place of death 1
Montville
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Ron Galella was born in New York City[1]. He was born on January 10, 1931[2]. He died in Montville[3]. He died on April 30, 2022[4]. He worked as a photographer[5], photojournalist[6], and paparazzi[7].

Body

Origins and Family

Recorded place of birth include New York City[1], a global city[24], in United States[25], founded in 1624[26] and The Bronx[8], a borough of New York City[27], in United States[28], founded in 1898[29].

FAQs

Where was Ron Galella born?

Ron Galella was born in New York City[1].

Where did Ron Galella die?

Ron Galella died in Montville[3].

What did Ron Galella do for work?

Ron Galella worked as photographer[5], photojournalist[6], and paparazzi[7].

Where did Ron Galella go to school?

Ron Galella was educated at Art Center College of Design[10].

Related Entities

Art Center College of Design Museum of Modern Art New York City San Francisco Museum of Modern Art United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . San Francisco Museum of Modern Art online collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . nytimes.com. nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . Museum of Modern Art online collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [2] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [4] ↑ . nytimes.com. nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . San Francisco Museum of Modern Art online collection. Retrieved . 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

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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. 4w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'hy', 'it', 'nl', 'simple']
    Place of birth → New York City, The Bronx
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/57880|batch #57880]]: Import more precise places of birth, date from dewiki"
  2. 11w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 06D8-BC95-D9E5-C6AC-FAA9
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14750: 06D8-BC95-D9E5-C6AC-FAA9, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269215|batch #269215]]"
  3. 11w ago · Uschoen · 2026-08-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    FotoCH photographer ID → 48848
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ FotoCH photographer ID: 48848, fotoCH ID numbersꓹ based on GND match ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/9f034a87f86|details]])"
  4. 22w ago · Nashona · 2026-06-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    George Eastman Museum people ID → 23035
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ George Eastman Museum people ID: 23035, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/118190464|Ron Galella (#118190464)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4824|George Ea"
  5. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Educated at → Art Center College of Design
    Languages spoken, written or signed → English
    Educated at → —
    Cause of death → heart failure
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32084|batch #32084]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (26)"
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