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Chris Bonington

British mountaineer
Person human Q919542

Facts

19 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[15]
Date of birth
August 6, 1934
Place of birth
Hampstead
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[7]
Occupation
mountaineer, photographer, journalist, writer
Educated at
University College School[8]
Award received
Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Founder’s Medal, Knight Bachelor, Livingstone Medal[9][10][11][12][13]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[23]
Copyright status as a creator
works protected by copyrights[25]
Family name
Bonington (family name)[18]
Given name
Christian[19]
Member of
Travellers Club[14]
Military branch
British Army[16]
P14750
9B52-4CB8-31E9-7684-9150[26]
Participant in
1975 British Mount Everest Southwest Face expedition, World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2004[21][22]
Significant event
ascent of Mount Everest[20]
Sport
mountaineering[17]
Start of work period
1966[24]
🏷️ Also known as
en Sir Christian Bonington en Sir Christian John Storey Bonington en Chris Bonington en Christian John Storey Bonington en Christian J. S. Bonington cs Sir Chris Bonington de Chris Bonington es Christian John Storey Bonington es Sir Christian John Storey Bonington fa بانینگتون، کریس fr Christian John Storey Bonington he כריס בונינגטון it Christian John Storey Bonington ja クリス・ボニントン pl Christian Bonington pt John Christian Bonington Storey ru Бонингтон, Крис ru Крис Бонингтон sv Bonington sv Sir Christian Bonington
🔖 Identifiers · 46
ISNI
0000000109221692
VIAF cluster ID
86733611
Library of Congress authority ID
n50042096
GND ID
119055457
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Sir Chris Bonington.jpg ↗
Awards & Winners artist ID
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BBC News topic ID
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BBC Things ID
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Babelio author ID
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
118927646
CBDB.cz author ID
22399
CiNii Research ID
1140000791691236608
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CoBiS author ID
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Companies House officer ID
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DDB person (GND) ID
119055457
Databazeknih.cz author ID
17152
FAST ID
14440
Freebase ID
/m/024_9f
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Chris_Bonington
IMDb ID
nm1616420
IdRef ID
026737639
JRC Names ID
148773
KBR person ID
14413417
Larousse ID
personnage/wd/98972
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA01879523
NDL Authority ID
00433812
NL CR AUT ID
jn20010525090
NLAI ID
20497
NUKAT ID
n96020489
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007274132005171
National Library of Korea ID
KAC200403408
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810557612005606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1086046
National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
mp05091
National Virtual Library of India ID
478097, 100186
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
069543011
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3879424
Photographers' Identities Catalog ID
385815
Prabook ID
1299234
SNAC ARK ID
w6s19dk9
SVKKL authority ID
p0018083-Bonington-Chris-1934
UK National Archives ID
F77794
Wellcome Collection concept ID
uta4jfna
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/56ca7e66-5a39-4896-83ea-d3fbad1014f4
ČSFD person ID
600587

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🔗 Connections
Award received 4
Knight Bachelor, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Founder’s Medal, Livingstone Medal
Occupation 4
writer, journalist, photographer, mountaineer
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Given name 1
Christian
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Member of 1
Travellers Club
Military branch 1
British Army
Place of birth 1
Hampstead
Sex or gender 1
male
Sport 1
mountaineering
← Partner in business or sport 1
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Summary

Chris Bonington was born on August 6, 1934[1], in Hampstead[2]. He has worked as a mountaineer[3], photographer[4], journalist[5], and writer[6].

FAQs

Where was Chris Bonington born?

Chris Bonington was born in Hampstead[2].

What did Chris Bonington do for work?

Chris Bonington worked as a mountaineer[3], photographer[4], journalist[5], and writer[6].

Where did Chris Bonington go to school?

Chris Bonington was educated at University College School[8].

What awards did Chris Bonington receive?

Honors received include Commander of the Order of the British Empire[9], Commander of the Royal Victorian Order[10], Founder’s Medal[11], and Knight Bachelor[12].

Related Entities

United Kingdom

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . Gold Medal Recipients. wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . Davos 2004 List of Participants. wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 20w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → p0018083-Bonington-Chris-1934
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  3. 23w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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