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skinhead

member of a subculture that originated in the second half of the 1960s in London among working class youths and distinguished by its rebellion
Intangible subculture Q485417
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Summary

skinhead is a subculture[1]. skinhead ranks in the top 5% of subculture entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,171 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: fashion style[3]
  • Based on: rude boy[4]
  • Subclass of: person[5]
  • Commons category: Skinheads[6]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[7]
  • Has part(s): gay skinhead[8], hardcore skinhead[9], Trojan skinhead[10]
  • Inception: 1960[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Skinhead[12]
  • Has characteristic: buzz cut[13], MA-1 bomber jacket[14]
  • Different from: chav[15]

Why It Matters

skinhead has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] skinhead is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 5w ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0) → XX551604
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0): XX551604"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin → United Kingdom
    Based on → rude boy
    Different from → chav
    Subclass of → —
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ Yso id: 6293, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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