Fagin

Fictional character in Oliver Twist
Person fictional_human Q1392000
Fagin
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Fagin

Summary

Fagin is a fictional human[1]. He worked as a con artist[2], fence[3], criminal[4], and pickpocketing[5]. He ranks in the top 4% of fictional_human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,216 views/month).[6]

Key Facts

  • Fagin held citizenship in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[7].
  • Fagin is identified as part of the Jewish people ethnic group[8].
  • Fagin worked as a con artist[2].
  • Fagin's professions included fence[3].
  • Fagin worked as a criminal[4].
  • Fagin's professions included pickpocketing[5].
  • Fagin is the creator of Charles Dickens[9].
  • Fagin's religion is recorded as Judaism[10].
  • Fagin's image is recorded as Cruikshank - Fagin in the condemned Cell (Oliver Twist).png[11].
  • Fagin is recorded as male[12].
  • Fagin's instance of is recorded as fictional human[13].
  • Fagin's instance of is recorded as literary character[14].
  • Fagin's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2003004527[15].
  • Fagin's Commons category is recorded as Fagin[16].
  • Fagin's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01lhm2[17].
  • Fagin's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as English[18].
  • Fagin's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Fagin[19].
  • Fagin's present in work is recorded as Oliver Twist[20].
  • Fagin's Interlingual Index ID is recorded as i87106[21].
  • Fagin's Goodreads character ID is recorded as 6285[22].
  • Fagin's enemy is recorded as Oliver Twist[23].
  • Fagin's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007547055805171[24].
  • Fagin's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 09621772-n[25].
  • Fagin's Yale LUX ID is recorded as person/0413eb49-2921-43ee-b8b0-2fa0cb44f671[26].

Body

Origins and Family

Fagin is identified as part of the Jewish people ethnic group[8].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include con artist[2], fence[3], criminal[4], and pickpocketing[5].

Works and Contributions

Fagin is the creator of Charles Dickens[9].

Personal Life

Fagin's religion is recorded as Judaism[10].

Why It Matters

Fagin ranks in the top 4% of fictional_human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,216 views/month).[6] He has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] He is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

FAQs

What did Fagin do for work?

Fagin worked as con artist[2], fence[3], criminal[4], and pickpocketing[5].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [11] . wikidata.org.
  2. [12] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [13] . wikidata.org.
  5. [14] . wikidata.org.
  6. [2] . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [8] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Library of Congress. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Freebase Data Dumps. 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] . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [6] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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