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Don Juan Matus

literary character in the works by Carlos Castaneda
Person Literary Character Q923520

Facts

11 properties
Instance of
literary character
Sex or gender
male[7]
Date of birth
1891
Date of death
1973
Occupation
shaman
Field of work
Indigenous American philosophy[5]
Official website
www.donjuanmatus.com[10]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English, Spanish[11][12]
Creator
Carlos Castañeda[6]
Family name
Matus[8]
Given name
Juan[9]
🏷️ Also known as
en Don Juan Matus en Juan en Juan Matus en Don Juan cs Juan Matus cs Khuan el Δον Χουάν Μάτους fa دون خوان ماتئوس ru Дон Хуан Матус
🔖 Identifiers · 32
ISNI
0000000099344778
VIAF cluster ID
5723140, 77689903
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n83127652
GND ID
118579118
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Don juan matus by rayjmaraca-d2gmalx.jpg ↗
Bandcamp profile ID
juanmatus
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11169087
DDB person (GND) ID
118579118
Freebase ID
/m/020b46
Goodreads character ID
26993
Harper's tag
don-juan-matus
IdRef ID
256919208
Show all 32 identifiers +20
IxTheo authority ID
07937378X
J9U entity ID
987007312904505171
Libraries Australia ID
35161037
NDL Authority ID
00620902
NE.se ID
don-juan
NL CR AUT ID
uk2017956660
NLA Trove people ID
846878
NUKAT ID
n00011776
National Library of Brazil ID
000230613
National Library of Chile ID
000843204
National Library of Greece ID
157040
National Library of Latvia ID
000149444
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:V*98290;=BO
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810540140705606
National Library of Russia ID
7765000
National Virtual Library of India ID
291936
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
153762993
Quora topic ID
Don-Juan-Matus
Wellcome Collection concept ID
marp7fkr
Yale LUX ID
person/5c74654f-1b75-4a1f-9ef9-f989ac770167

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 2
human, literary character
Languages spoken, written or signed 2
English, Spanish
Field of work 1
Indigenous American philosophy
Given name 1
Juan
Occupation 1
shaman
Sex or gender 1
male
Significant person 1
Carlos Castañeda
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Carlos Castañeda
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Summary

Don Juan Matus is a literary character[1]. He was born on 1891[2]. He died on 1973[3]. He worked as a shaman[4].

FAQs

What did Don Juan Matus do for work?

Don Juan Matus worked as a shaman[4].

Related Entities

Carlos Castañeda

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [2] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . musik-sammler.de. musik-sammler.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · Dev Jadiya · 2026-11-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed [hi] labels, descriptions or aliases: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #67780: Hindi Translation 02"
  2. 7w ago · Kolja21 · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → literary character
    NUKAT ID → n00011776
    National Library of Greece ID → 157040
    Significant person → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim: GND ID: 118579118"
  3. 8w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → don-juan-matus
    "Created claim: Harper's tag: don-juan-matus, Matched to don juan matus (#289932105) in Harper's…"
  4. 9w ago · StorchPDF · 2026-09-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    IxTheo authority ID → 07937378X
    "Created claim: IxTheo authority ID: 07937378X, batch #273255"
  5. 21w ago · DifoolBot bot · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Languages spoken, written or signed → English, Spanish
    Family name → Matus
    Instance of → literary character
    Field of work → Indigenous American philosophy
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim references: Instance of: literary character, Update fr Wikipedia references for deleted/missing pages, references updated (1x) (d…"
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