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Craig Newmark

American entrepreneur and Craigslist founder
Person human Q974541

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[12]
Date of birth
December 6, 1952
Place of birth
Morristown
Country of citizenship
United States[7]
Occupation
entrepreneur, blogger, philanthropist, computer scientist
Employer
Craigslist[8]
Educated at
Case Western Reserve University, Morristown High School[9][10]
Award received
Internet Hall of Fame[11]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[18]
Affiliation string
Craig Newmark Philanthropies[21]
Family name
Newmark[14]
Given name
Craig[15]
Name in native language
Craig Newmark[19]
Number of viewers/listeners
+334473[20]
Participant in
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2018, WikiConference North America 2025[16][17]
Residence
Cole Valley[13]
Social media followers
5.5k (5.5k–92k, n=9)[22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30]
🏷️ Also known as
en Craig Alexander Newmark en Craig Newmark ar كريج نيومارك de Craig Alexander Newmark fr Craig Alexander Newmark he קרייג ניומרק id Craig Alexander Newmark ja クレイグ・ニューマーク ko 크레이그 뉴마크 pt Craig Alexander Newmark ru Крэйг Ньюмарк uk Крейг Ньюмарк
🔖 Identifiers · 29
VIAF cluster ID
4301159279144908160008
GND ID
1212147642
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
010WCNA25 HariA DSCF3942.jpg ↗
Bluesky handle
craignewmark.bsky.social
C-SPAN person numeric ID
1019792
C-SPAN person string ID (deprecated)
craignewmark
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Craig-Newmark
Facebook username
craiganewmark
Film.ru person ID
craig-newmark
Freebase ID
/m/05cdp_
IMDb ID
nm1465145
InfluenceWatch ID
person/craig-newmark
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Instagram username
craignewmark
JRC Names ID
227654
LinkedIn personal profile ID
craignewmark
LittleSis people ID
47447
Mastodon address
craignewmark@mastodon.social
Medium username
craignewmark
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9815008166205606
Notable Names Database ID
727/000057556
Open Library ID
OL8074132A
Podchaser creator ID
107a9FWgsc
Quora topic ID
Craig-Newmark
Quora username
Craig-Newmark-1
Threads username
craignewmark
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PCjGBP6tfXPKM9kQH6mpvBP
X (Twitter) username
craignewmark
YouTube channel ID
UCp9yOqH0Nm7Q7R47x0PhNXg
YouTube handle
craignewmark

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 3
entrepreneur, blogger, philanthropist
← Sponsor 2
Wikimedia Foundation, Wiki Education Foundation
Award received 1
Internet Hall of Fame
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Educated at 1
Case Western Reserve University
Employer 1
Craigslist
Founded entities 1
Craigslist
Given name 1
Craig
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Named after 1
Craigslist
Place of birth 1
Morristown
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Craig Newmark was born on December 6, 1952[1], in Morristown[2]. He has worked as an entrepreneur[3], blogger[4], philanthropist[5], and computer scientist[6].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Craig Newmark include Craigslist[31], an employment website[32], founded in 1995[33].

Why It Matters

Entities named for him include Craigslist[31], an employment website[32], founded in 1995[33].

FAQs

Where was Craig Newmark born?

Craig Newmark was born in Morristown[2].

What did Craig Newmark do for work?

Craig Newmark worked as an entrepreneur[3], blogger[4], philanthropist[5], and computer scientist[6].

Where did Craig Newmark go to school?

Craig Newmark was educated at Case Western Reserve University[9] and Morristown High School[10].

What awards did Craig Newmark receive?

Honors received include Internet Hall of Fame[11].

Related Entities

entrepreneur United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . internethalloffame.org. Retrieved . internethalloffame.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [16] ↑ . Davos 2018 Participant List. wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . Davos 2018 Participant List. wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 23w ago · P858snake · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Participant in → World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2018, WikiConference North America 2025
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Participant in: WikiConference North America 2025, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1779509619641"
  2. 23w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sex or gender → male
    Occupation → entrepreneur, blogger, philanthropist +1
    Instance of → human
    Family name → Newmark
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32157|batch #32157]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (38)"
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