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Doug Kershaw

American musician
Person human Q1251780

Facts

19 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[9]
Date of birth
January 24, 1936
Place of birth
Cameron Parish
Country of citizenship
United States[6]
Occupation
fiddler, singer, songwriter
Educated at
McNeese State University[7]
Genre
country music[10]
Official website
www.grabow.biz[16]
Birth name
Douglas James Kershaw[20]
Discography
Doug Kershaw discography[12]
Family name
Kershaw[13]
Given name
Douglas, James[14][15]
Instrument
violin, fiddle, voice[17][18][19]
Member of
Rusty & Doug[8]
Military branch
United States Army[11]
Name in native language
Doug Kershaw[21]
P14750
9227-1A96-0CF7-236C-2F6E[23]
Start of work period
1948[22]
🏷️ Also known as
en Doug Kershaw en Douglas James Kershaw ar دوغ كيرشاو he דאג קרשו ja ダグ・カーショウ ru Даг Кершоу zh 道格·克肖
🔖 Identifiers · 40
ISNI
0000000077377851
VIAF cluster ID
102488633
Library of Congress authority ID
n92029420
GND ID
13499129X
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Dougkershaw.jpg ↗
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000163577
AlloCiné person ID
141348
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13971761z
Billboard artist ID
doug-kershaw
Carnegie Hall agent ID
1027109
Ciné-Ressources person ID
220343
Deezer artist ID
64439
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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
13499129X
Discogs artist ID
429808
Europeana entity
agent/base/68734
FAST ID
1504207
Fandango person ID
343060
Film.ru person ID
dag-kersho
Freebase ID
/m/01k5mjv
GeneaStar person ID
kershawdoug
IMDb ID
nm0449956
Kinobox person ID
874626
MusicBrainz artist ID
c5921327-c7b7-4a32-abe8-0c3797bdb523
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID
148300
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000077030
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803100034666
Plex person key
5d77683f85719b001f3a58ea
Prabook ID
628880
Rock's Backpages artist ID
doug-kershaw
SecondHandSongs artist ID
16152
Songkick artist ID
259661
Swedish Film Database person ID
125053
TMDB person ID
1239874
Tidal artist ID
13477
Trading Card Database name ID
88810
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/508daa0d-9ce9-473d-bde5-4d2f7ed60662
Yandex Music artist ID
5542
YouTube video ID
c-Mj1mZiDRc
ČSFD person ID
447347

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🔗 Connections
Instrument 3
violin, fiddle, voice
Occupation 3
singer, musician, songwriter
Given name 2
James, Douglas
Mb:performer of 2
Devil's Elbow, Mama Kershaw's Boy
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Educated at 1
McNeese State University
Genre 1
country music
Instance of 1
human
Mb:member of band 1
Rusty & Doug
Military branch 1
United States Army
Place of birth 1
Cameron Parish
Sex or gender 1
male
← Cast member 1
Days of Heaven
← Performer 1
I'm a Loser
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Summary

Doug Kershaw was born on January 24, 1936[1], in Cameron Parish[2]. He has worked as a fiddler[3], singer[4], and songwriter[5].

FAQs

Where was Doug Kershaw born?

Doug Kershaw was born in Cameron Parish[2].

What did Doug Kershaw do for work?

Doug Kershaw worked as a fiddler[3], singer[4], and songwriter[5].

Where did Doug Kershaw go to school?

Doug Kershaw was educated at McNeese State University[7].

Related Entities

Days of Heaven McNeese State University United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [1] ↑ . GeneaStar. wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . 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. 3d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Deezer artist ID → 64439
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 3d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tidal artist ID → 13477
    Early Modern Letters Online person ID → —
    Claims rich → —
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  3. 19d ago · ならちゃん · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Member of → Rusty & Doug
    Claims rich → —
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  4. 20d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 13
    Early Modern Letters Online person ID → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'azb', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'fr', 'it', 'mzn', 'nl', 'nn', 'simp
    Claims rich → —
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  5. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 9227-1A96-0CF7-236C-2F6E
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  6. 23w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → fiddler, singer, songwriter
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Occupation: musician, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/258354|batch #258354]]"
  7. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of citizenship → United States
    Occupation → fiddler, singer, songwriter
    Educated at → McNeese State University
    Place of birth → Cameron Parish
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31703|batch #31703]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (4)"
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