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Don Whillans

English mountain climber
Person human Q3035936

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[7]
Date of birth
May 18, 1933
Date of death
August 4, 1985
Place of birth
Salford
Place of death
Oxford
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[6]
Occupation
mountaineer
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[11]
Given name
Don[9]
Name in native language
Donald Desbrow Whillans[12]
Partner in business or sport
Chris Bonington[10]
Sport
mountaineering[8]
Start of work period
1951[13]
🏷️ Also known as
en Donald Desbrow Whillans en Don Whillans he דון וילנס ja ドン・ウィランス pl Donald Whillans ru Дон Уилланс ru Уилланс, Дон uk Дон Вілланс zh 唐·威蘭斯
🔖 Identifiers · 12
ISNI
0000000042822126
VIAF cluster ID
14287841
Library of Congress authority ID
nb2005003621
GND ID
1281410519
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
WhillansDon(DonaldDesbrow)1933-1985
FAST ID
1611039
Freebase ID
/m/05xq1k
NUKAT ID
n2011305589
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
62488
WikiTree person ID
Whillans-78
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJt3VHRtVpGK3pt96pCmh3
Yale LUX ID
person/fc7d0256-a704-462a-a3aa-8f0ed2586e33

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🔗 Connections
← Partner in business or sport 2
Joe Brown, Tom Patey
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Given name 1
Don
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Occupation 1
mountaineer
Partner in business or sport 1
Chris Bonington
Place of birth 1
Salford
Place of death 1
Oxford
Sex or gender 1
male
Sport 1
mountaineering
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Summary

Don Whillans was born on May 18, 1933[1], in Salford[2]. He died on August 4, 1985[3], in Oxford[4]. He worked as a mountaineer[5].

FAQs

Where was Don Whillans born?

Don Whillans was born in Salford[2].

Where did Don Whillans die?

Don Whillans died in Oxford[4].

What did Don Whillans do for work?

Don Whillans worked as a mountaineer[5].

Related Entities

Salford United Kingdom

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 26d ago · ערן · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['de', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'he', 'pl', 'ru', 'uk']
    Sitelink count → 8
    Start of work period → +1951-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Start of work period: 1951, ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/harvesttemplates/dd7e75f991a7|details]])"
  2. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sport → mountaineering
    Place of birth → Salford
    Languages spoken, written or signed → English
    Occupation → —
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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