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Tonto

fictional Native American hero
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Summary

Tonto is a television character[1]. He ranks in the top 9% of television character entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,961 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: George W. Trendle[3], Fran Striker[4]
  • Sex or gender: male[5]
  • Instance of: fictional human[6], film character[7], radio character[8]
  • Performer: Chief Thundercloud[9], Jay Silverheels[10], Johnny Depp[11], Jon Lovitz[12]
  • Commons category: Tonto (character)[13]
  • Present in work: The Lone Ranger[14]
  • Sidekick of: Lone Ranger[15]
  • P14750: FFC3-716C-8B50-9F5D-A515[16]

Why It Matters

Tonto has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] He is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

Johnny Depp Jon Lovitz The Lone Ranger

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . 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.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Tonto. Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/tonto
MLA “Tonto.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 16 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/tonto.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_tonto_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Tonto}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/tonto}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-16}}
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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. 6d ago · Hyju · 2026-10-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fandom article id → loneranger:Tonto
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'en', 'fa', 'fr', 'pt', 'ru', 'uz', 'zh']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Fandom article id: loneranger:Tonto"
  2. 9w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sex or gender → male
    Imdb id → ch0398674
    Present in work → The Lone Ranger
    Creator → George W. Trendle, Fran Striker
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/47158|batch #47158]]: HAND ID (11)"
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