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Christopher McDougall

American journalist and writer
Person human Q5112847

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[9]
Date of birth
January 24, 1962
Country of citizenship
United States[5]
Occupation
journalist, writer, author
Educated at
Harvard University, Kent School, St. Joseph's Preparatory School[6][7][8]
Official website
www.chrismcdougall.com[13]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[14]
Family name
McDougall[11]
Given name
Christopher[12]
Social media followers
36k (36k–38k, n=4)[16][17][18][19]
Sport
athletics[10]
Start of work period
2004[15]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 33
ISNI
0000000120180916
VIAF cluster ID
56005146
Library of Congress authority ID
n2004070627
GND ID
138804958
BIBSYS ID
10031914
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
166249586
CANTIC ID
981058527861206706
CBDB.cz author ID
16485
DDB person (GND) ID
138804958
Databazeknih.cz author ID
23565
FAST ID
1915282
Freebase ID
/m/09gp8n1
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Goodreads author ID
133538
IdRef ID
164485058
Muck Rack journalist ID
christopher-mcdougall
NL CR AUT ID
xx0134629
NUKAT ID
n2010110783
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007462309805171
National Library of Korea ID
KAC201002374
National Library of Latvia ID
000177339
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810577261205606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX5122128
Open Library ID
OL6644297A
OpenMLOL author ID
302902
Penguin Random House author ID
74437
Podchaser creator ID
107Zzr3WvJ
SBN author ID
RT1V018699
SVKKL authority ID
0297568-McDougall-Christopher-1962
TED speaker ID
christopher_mcdougall
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058527861206706
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJckKbhXyH8DHwj4fPyKh3
X (Twitter) username
ChrisMcDougall
Yale LUX ID
person/37d8a1c5-6f4c-4cf8-9ce8-0b268028d9b6

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Occupation 2
writer, journalist
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Educated at 1
Harvard University
Given name 1
Christopher
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Sex or gender 1
male
Sport 1
athletics
Works by author 1
Born to Run
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Summary

Christopher McDougall was born on January 24, 1962[1]. He has worked as a journalist[2], writer[3], and author[4].

Why It Matters

Works attributed to him include Born to Run[20], a literary work[21].

FAQs

What did Christopher McDougall do for work?

Christopher McDougall worked as a journalist[2], writer[3], and author[4].

Where did Christopher McDougall go to school?

Christopher McDougall was educated at Harvard University[6], Kent School[7], and St. Joseph's Preparatory School[8].

Related Entities

United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [2] ↑ . Muck Rack. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 21w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → 0297568-McDougall-Christopher-1962
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ SVKKL authority ID: 0297568-McDougall-Christopher-1962, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  2. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → journalist, writer, author
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32116|batch #32116]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (29)"
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