founder

person who creates an institution intended to perpetuate itself after the founder's association ends
Intangible position Q4479442
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founder

Summary

founder is a position[1]. founder ranks in the top 5% of position entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (655 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • founder's instance of is recorded as position[3].
  • founder's instance of is recorded as role[4].
  • founder is a type of creator[5].
  • founder's Commons category is recorded as Organization founders[6].
  • founder's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Organization founders[7].
  • founder's main Wikidata property is recorded as P112[8].
  • founder's different from is recorded as founder member[9].
  • founder's different from is recorded as operator[10].
  • founder's properties for this type is recorded as P108[11].
  • founder's properties for this type is recorded as P569[12].
  • founder's properties for this type is recorded as P570[13].
  • founder's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'fundadora'}[14].
  • founder's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'oprichtster'}[15].
  • founder's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'fondintino'}[16].
  • founder's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'fundadora'}[17].
  • founder's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'fondatrice'}[18].
  • founder's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'he', 'text': 'מייסדת ארגונים'}[19].
  • founder's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'be-tarask', 'text': 'заснавальніца'}[20].
  • founder's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'ustanoviteljica'}[21].
  • founder's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'основательница'}[22].
  • founder's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'fondatrice'}[23].
  • founder's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'zakladatelka'}[24].
  • founder's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'uk', 'text': 'засновниця'}[25].
  • founder's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Gründerin'}[26].
  • founder's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'lt', 'text': 'steigėja'}[27].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include position[3] and role[4]. founder is a type of creator[5].

Influence

Things named for founder include founder effect[28], a phenomenon[29].

Why It Matters

founder ranks in the top 5% of position entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (655 views/month).[2] founder has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] founder is known by 92 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for founder include founder effect[28], a phenomenon[29].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . 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.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. 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. 1d ago · Clemens Dulcis · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → position, role
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bn', 'en', 'eo', 'fa', 'fr', 'kk', 'ko', 'lt', 'ru', 'simple', 'sv', 'zh
    Male form of label → {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'основатель'}, {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'fondateur'}, {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Gründer'} +13
    Female form of label → {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'fundadora'}, {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'oprichtster'}, {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'fondintino'} +20
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q214339]]"
  2. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1Dqvlw
    Instance of → position, role
    Main wikidata property → P112
    Aliases → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
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