Dan Jones

British historian and journalist
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Dan Jones

Summary

Dan Jones is a human[1]. His place of birth was Reading[2]. He was born on January 27, 1981[3]. He worked as a historian[4], journalist[5], biographer[6], and television presenter[7]. He ranks in the top 0.68% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,226 views/month, #6,819 of 1,000,298).[8]

Key Facts

  • Born in Reading[2], Dan Jones…
  • Dan Jones was born on January 27, 1981[3].
  • Dan Jones held citizenship in United Kingdom[9].
  • Dan Jones worked as a historian[4].
  • Dan Jones worked as a journalist[5].
  • Dan Jones's professions included biographer[6].
  • Dan Jones worked as a television presenter[7].
  • Dan Jones's education included a stint at Pembroke College[10].
  • Dan Jones was educated at Royal Latin School[11].
  • Dan Jones is recorded as male[12].
  • Dan Jones's instance of is recorded as human[13].
  • Dan Jones's family name is recorded as Jones[14].
  • Dan Jones's given name is recorded as Dan[15].
  • Dan Jones's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as English[16].
  • Dan Jones's different from is recorded as Dan Jones[17].
  • Dan Jones's writing language is recorded as English[18].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[19]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 8572f609-3094-4f95-933b-ee03fdbd5773[20]

Body

Origins and Family

Dan Jones's place of birth was Reading[2]. He was born on January 27, 1981[3].

Education

Educated at Pembroke College[10], a college of the University of Cambridge[21], in United Kingdom[22], founded in 1347[23] and Royal Latin School[11], a grammar school[24], in United Kingdom[25], founded in 2011[26].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include historian[4], journalist[5], biographer[6], and television presenter[7].

Why It Matters

Dan Jones ranks in the top 0.68% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,226 views/month, #6,819 of 1,000,298).[8] He has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] He is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

FAQs

Where was Dan Jones born?

Dan Jones was born in Reading[2].

What did Dan Jones do for work?

Dan Jones worked as historian[4], journalist[5], biographer[6], and television presenter[7].

Where did Dan Jones go to school?

Dan Jones was educated at Pembroke College[10] and Royal Latin School[11].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [12] . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] . wikidata.org.
  4. [13] . datos.bne.es. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] . wikidata.org.
  10. [7] . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [8] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation historian, journalist, biographer +1
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32116|batch #32116]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (29)"
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