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Fakir Musafar

American body piercer, photographer and BDSM figure
Person Human Q326337

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[10]
Date of birth
August 10, 1930
Date of death
August 1, 2018
Place of birth
Aberdeen
Place of death
Menlo Park
Country of citizenship
United States[9]
Occupation
photographer, artist, electrical engineer, performance artist
Official website
www.fakir.org[15]
Cause of death
lung cancer[11]
Birth name
Roland Loomis[18]
Copyright status as a creator
works protected by copyrights[19]
Described by source
Fakir Musafar, Whose ‘Body Play’ Went to Extremes, Dies at 87[17]
Given name
Fakir[13]
Manner of death
natural causes[16]
Pseudonym
Fakir Musafar[14]
Residence
Menlo Park[12]
🏷️ Also known as
en Fakir Musafar en Roland Loomis de Musafar de Roland Laomis de Roland Loomis es Roland Loomis
🔖 Identifiers · 24
ISNI
0000000368358263
VIAF cluster ID
46153124316724491887
Library of Congress Authorities ID
no2003087499
GND ID
131897411
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Fakir Musafar.JPG ↗
AskArt person ID
11316345
DDB person (GND) ID
131897411
Europeana entity
agent/base/152863
FAST ID
1428814
Filmportal ID
d7b311f7b0674317bd88fd16f2993b24
Freebase ID
/m/051fvr
HAND ID
81BC-AD51-2289-3D53-D478
Show all 24 identifiers +12
IMDb ID
nm0615530
Kinobox person ID
333709
Luminous-Lint ID
Fakir__Musafar
NLP ID
a0000003767250
NNDB people ID
541/000209911
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810586667805606
Photographers' Identities Catalog ID
386837
Prabook ID
2431415
WikiTree person ID
Loomis-3450
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJmHKtTGw7p9yDjYyxvT73
Yale LUX ID
person/3a26b29b-b3c5-44f1-b157-d09e44954d77
ČSFD person ID
226856

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 3
artist, photographer, electrical engineer
Cause of death 1
lung cancer
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Instance of 1
human
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Place of birth 1
Aberdeen
Place of death 1
Menlo Park
Residence 1
Menlo Park
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Fakir Musafar was born on August 10, 1930[1], in Aberdeen[2]. He died on August 1, 2018[3], in Menlo Park[4]. He worked as a photographer[5], artist[6], electrical engineer[7], and performance artist[8].

FAQs

Where was Fakir Musafar born?

Fakir Musafar's place of birth was Aberdeen[2].

Where did Fakir Musafar die?

Fakir Musafar passed away in Menlo Park[4].

What did Fakir Musafar do for work?

Fakir Musafar worked as a photographer[5], artist[6], electrical engineer[7], and performance artist[8].

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

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  1. 11w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    HAND ID → 81BC-AD51-2289-3D53-D478
    "Created claim: HAND ID: 81BC-AD51-2289-3D53-D478, batch #269215"
  2. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of birth → Aberdeen
    Manner of death → natural causes
    Instance of → human
    Copyright status as a creator → works protected by copyrights
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32084: import P21 and P106 from GND (26)"
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