Choi Dong-won

South Korean baseball player (1958–2011)
Person human Q134457
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Choi Dong-won

Summary

Choi Dong-won is a human[1]. His place of birth was Busan[2]. He was born on +1958-05-24T00:00:00Z[3]. He passed away in Goyang[4]. He died on +2011-09-14T00:00:00Z[5]. He worked as a baseball player[6]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 views/month, #7,288 of 1,000,298).[7]

Key Facts

  • Choi Dong-won was born in Busan[2].
  • Choi Dong-won passed away in Goyang[4].
  • Choi Dong-won was born on +1958-05-24T00:00:00Z[3].
  • Choi Dong-won died on +2011-09-14T00:00:00Z[5].
  • Choi Dong-won held citizenship in South Korea[8].
  • Korean was Choi Dong-won's native language[9].
  • Choi Dong-won worked as a baseball player[6].
  • Choi Dong-won's education included a stint at Yonsei University[10].
  • Choi Dong-won was educated at Kyungnam High School[11].
  • Choi Dong-won is recorded as male[12].
  • Choi Dong-won's instance of is recorded as human[13].
  • Choi Dong-won's member of sports team is recorded as Lotte Giants[14].
  • Choi Dong-won's position played on team / speciality is recorded as pitcher[15].
  • The cause of death was colorectal cancer[16].
  • Choi Dong-won's sport is recorded as baseball[17].
  • Choi Dong-won's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0h67nmy[18].
  • Choi Dong-won's family name is recorded as Choi[19].
  • Choi Dong-won's given name is recorded as Dong-won[20].
  • Choi Dong-won's manner of death is recorded as natural causes[21].
  • Choi Dong-won's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as Korean[22].
  • Choi Dong-won's Baseball Reference minor & foreign league player ID is recorded as chou--003don[23].
  • Choi Dong-won's McCune–Reischauer romanization is recorded as Ch'oe Tongwŏn[24].
  • Choi Dong-won's Revised Romanization is recorded as Choe Dongwon[25].
  • Choi Dong-won's height is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+179'}[26].
  • Choi Dong-won's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+95'}[27].

Body

Origins and Family

Choi Dong-won was born in Busan[2]. He was born on +1958-05-24T00:00:00Z[3]. Korean was his native language[9].

Education

Educated at Yonsei University[10], a private university[28], in South Korea[29], founded in 1957[30], headquartered in Seoul[31] and Kyungnam High School[11], a high school in South Korea[32], in South Korea[33], founded in 1942[34].

Career and Affiliations

Choi Dong-won's professions included baseball player[6].

Death and Burial

Choi Dong-won died on +2011-09-14T00:00:00Z[5]. He died in Goyang[4]. The cause of death was colorectal cancer[16].

Why It Matters

Choi Dong-won ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 views/month, #7,288 of 1,000,298).[7] He has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35]

FAQs

Where was Choi Dong-won born?

Born in Busan[2], Choi Dong-won…

Where did Choi Dong-won die?

Choi Dong-won died in Goyang[4].

What did Choi Dong-won do for work?

Choi Dong-won worked as baseball player[6].

Where did Choi Dong-won go to school?

Choi Dong-won was educated at Yonsei University[10] and Kyungnam High School[11].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [12] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [13] . wikidata.org.
  6. [14] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] . wikidata.org.
  10. [6] . Baseball Reference. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] . wikidata.org.
  13. [3] . wikidata.org.
  14. [5] . english.yonhapnews.co.kr. english.yonhapnews.co.kr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [7] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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