William Irving

actor (1893-1943)
Person human Q15486008
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Summary

William Irving was born on May 17, 1893[1], in Hamburg[2]. He died on December 25, 1943[3], in Los Angeles[4]. He worked as an actor[5] and film actor[6]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (216 views/month, #7,282 of 1,000,298).[7]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: United States[8]
  • Native language: English[9]
  • Sex or gender: male[10]
  • Commons category: William Irving (actor)[11]
  • Family name: Irving[12]
  • Given name: William[13]
  • Described at URL: http://dbpedia.org/resource/William_Irving_(actor)[14]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: English[15]
  • Writing language: English[16]
  • P14750: F6CB-F8B8-0FDE-3928-9E6C[17]

Why It Matters

William Irving has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] He is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

FAQs

Where was William Irving born?

William Irving was born in Hamburg[2].

Where did William Irving die?

William Irving passed away in Los Angeles[4].

What did William Irving do for work?

William Irving worked as an actor[5] and film actor[6].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . CineMagia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [7] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . 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. 7d ago · Printstream · 2026-10-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Deutsche biographie (gnd) id → 122142520X
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'fa', 'fr', 'id', 'ko', 'ur']
    Sitelink count → 11
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/58947|batch #58947]]: Import P7902 (DtBio)"
  2. 9w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → F6CB-F8B8-0FDE-3928-9E6C
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46469|batch #46469]]: HAND ID (8)"
  3. 21w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → human
    Occupation → actor, film actor
    Native language → English
    Sex or gender → male
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31724|batch #31724]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (18)"
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