Ercília Costa

Portuguese fado singer (1902–1985)
Person human Q10273535
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Ercília Costa

Summary

Ercília Costa is a human[1]. Born in Costa da Caparica[2], she… she was born on August 3, 1902[3]. She passed away in Algés[4]. She died on November 16, 1985[5]. She worked as a singer[6] and composer[7]. She ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10 views/month, #7,294 of 1,000,298).[8]

Key Facts

  • Born in Costa da Caparica[2], Ercília Costa…
  • Ercília Costa was born in Almada[9].
  • Ercília Costa passed away in Algés[4].
  • Ercília Costa was born on August 3, 1902[3].
  • Ercília Costa died on November 16, 1985[5].
  • Ercília Costa held citizenship in Portugal[10].
  • Portuguese was Ercília Costa's native language[11].
  • Ercília Costa's professions included singer[6].
  • Ercília Costa worked as a composer[7].
  • Ercília Costa is recorded as female[12].
  • Ercília Costa's instance of is recorded as human[13].
  • Ercília Costa's genre is fado[14].
  • Ercília Costa's family name is recorded as Costa[15].
  • Ercília Costa's instrument is recorded as voice[16].
  • Ercília Costa's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as Portuguese[17].
  • Ercília Costa's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Q136402326[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.

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  • Type: Person[19]

  • Country: PT[20]

  • Began / founded: 1902-08-03[21]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1985-11-16[22]

  • Genre(s): fado[23]

  • Community tags: fado, traditional fado[24]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 2ef52210-fb58-41fb-88cb-4bba2a059989[25]

Body

Origins and Family

Recorded place of birth include Costa da Caparica[2], a freguesia of Portugal[26], in Portugal[27] and Almada[9], a municipality of Portugal[28], in Portugal[29]. Ercília Costa was born on August 3, 1902[3]. Portuguese was her native language[11].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include singer[6] and composer[7].

Death and Burial

Ercília Costa died on November 16, 1985[5]. She passed away in Algés[4].

Why It Matters

Ercília Costa ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10 views/month, #7,294 of 1,000,298).[8] She has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] She is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

FAQs

Where was Ercília Costa born?

Ercília Costa was born in Costa da Caparica[2].

Where did Ercília Costa die?

Ercília Costa died in Algés[4].

What did Ercília Costa do for work?

Ercília Costa worked as singer[6] and composer[7].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] . Q14005. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [12] . Q14005. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] . Q14005. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [13] . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] . Q14005. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [5] . Q14005. Retrieved . 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.
  3. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [23] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [25] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [29] . 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. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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