Eddie Southern

American hurdler and sprinter (1938–2023)
Person human Q978995
Eddie Southern
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Eddie Southern

Summary

Eddie Southern is a human[1]. His place of birth was Dallas[2]. He was born on +1938-01-04T00:00:00Z[3]. He died in Richardson[4]. He died on +2023-05-17T00:00:00Z[5]. He worked as an athletics competitor[6]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month, #7,297 of 1,000,298).[7]

Key Facts

  • Eddie Southern's place of birth was Dallas[2].
  • Eddie Southern died in Richardson[4].
  • Eddie Southern was born on +1938-01-04T00:00:00Z[3].
  • Eddie Southern died on +2023-05-17T00:00:00Z[5].
  • Eddie Southern held citizenship in United States[8].
  • Eddie Southern worked as an athletics competitor[6].
  • Eddie Southern was educated at University of Texas at Austin[9].
  • Eddie Southern was educated at Sunset High School[10].
  • Eddie Southern's image is recorded as Eddie Southern 1958.jpg[11].
  • Eddie Southern is recorded as male[12].
  • Eddie Southern's instance of is recorded as human[13].
  • Eddie Southern's Commons category is recorded as Eddie Southern[14].
  • Eddie Southern's sport is recorded as athletics[15].
  • Eddie Southern's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0ktcfp[16].
  • Eddie Southern's family name is recorded as Southern[17].
  • Eddie Southern's given name is recorded as Eddie[18].
  • Eddie Southern's World Athletics athlete ID is recorded as 14357899[19].
  • Eddie Southern's participant in is recorded as 1956 Summer Olympics[20].
  • Eddie Southern's Sports-Reference.com Olympic athlete ID is recorded as so/eddie-southern-1[21].
  • Eddie Southern's country for sport is recorded as United States[22].
  • Eddie Southern's height is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+185'}[23].
  • Eddie Southern's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+81'}[24].
  • Eddie Southern's sports discipline competed in is recorded as 400 metres hurdles[25].
  • Eddie Southern's Olympic.org athlete ID is recorded as eddie-southern[26].
  • Eddie Southern's Prabook ID is recorded as 2401296[27].

Body

Origins and Family

Eddie Southern was born in Dallas[2]. He was born on +1938-01-04T00:00:00Z[3].

Education

Educated at University of Texas at Austin[9], a public research university[28], in United States[29], founded in 1883[30], headquartered in Austin[31] and Sunset High School[10], a high school[32], in United States[33], founded in 1925[34].

Career and Affiliations

Eddie Southern's professions included athletics competitor[6].

Death and Burial

Eddie Southern died on +2023-05-17T00:00:00Z[5]. He died in Richardson[4].

Why It Matters

Eddie Southern ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month, #7,297 of 1,000,298).[7] He has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] He is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

FAQs

Where was Eddie Southern born?

Born in Dallas[2], Eddie Southern…

Where did Eddie Southern die?

Eddie Southern passed away in Richardson[4].

What did Eddie Southern do for work?

Eddie Southern worked as athletics competitor[6].

Where did Eddie Southern go to school?

Eddie Southern was educated at University of Texas at Austin[9] and Sunset High School[10].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [11] . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . olympedia.org. olympedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [12] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [13] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] . wikidata.org.
  12. [5] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [7] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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