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Gilles Peterson

French-Swiss DJ, record producer and radio presenter
Person human Q685223

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[9]
Date of birth
September 28, 1964
Place of birth
Caen
Country of citizenship
France[5]
Occupation
disc jockey, radio personality
Employer
Talkin' Loud, British Broadcasting Corporation[7][8]
Official website
www.gillespetersonworldwide.com[13]
Languages spoken, written or signed
French[14]
Family name
Peterson[11]
Given name
Gilles[12]
Name in native language
Gilles Peterson[15]
Native language
French[6]
P14750
FAF9-385F-747E-CEFF-4127[19]
Record label
Acid Jazz Records[10]
Social media followers
+146152, +143243[17][18]
Start of work period
1986[16]
🏷️ Also known as
en Gilles Jérôme Moehrle en Gilles Moehrle en Gilles Peterson ar جيل بيترسون de Gilles Jérôme Moehrle de Gilles Moehrle fr Gilles Jérôme Moehrle ja ジャイルス・ピーターソン ja ジル・ジェローム・モールル ja ジル・ピーターソン ja ジル・モールル ru Жиль Питерсон
🔖 Identifiers · 43
ISNI
000000003526869X
VIAF cluster ID
24801907
Library of Congress authority ID
n2003081243
GND ID
1080158952
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Gilles Peterson 2019 DF1 2181 (49029291892) (cropped).jpg ↗
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000654625
BBC Things ID
32a590b6-da23-43ad-870d-13d0b5d80f9a
Bandcamp profile ID
gillespeterson
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
140360014
CANTIC ID
981060974374406706
Deezer artist ID
298172
Discogs artist ID
8278
Show all 43 identifiers +31
Evene ID
gilles-peterson-38377
Facebook username
gillespeterson
Film.ru person ID
zhil-piterson
Freebase ID
/m/02nz1q
Google Arts & Culture entity ID
m02nz1q
IMDb ID
nm5968228
IdRef ID
233557148
Last.fm ID
Gilles+Peterson
Laut.de artist ID
Gilles-Peterson
Mixcloud ID
gillespeterson
Montreux Jazz Festival person ID
32000
Movie Walker Press person ID
28427
MusicBrainz artist ID
4c4e3121-4d12-4f7a-a77c-5becd849fb3c
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000127078
Myspace ID
gillespeterson
NL CR AUT ID
xx0191635
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810633897705606
Pitchfork artist ID
3292-gilles-peterson
Radio France person ID
gilles-peterson
Rate Your Music artist ID
gilles_peterson
Resident Advisor artist ID
gillespeterson
SVKKL authority ID
0340424-Peterson-Gilles-1964
Songkick artist ID
200251
SoundCloud ID
gillespeterson
TMDB person ID
1583982
Tumblr username
gillespetersonslosttapes
Who's Who UK ID
U251365
Who's Who in France biography ID
73954
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJm4RVwtRx6HbGFrtYyPQq
X (Twitter) username
gillespeterson, worldwidefest
Yale LUX ID
person/c56f7688-ba99-4edb-ae9e-f68af5d2b089

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🔗 Connections
Mb:label founder 6
Acid Jazz Records, Acid Jazz Records, Talkin' Loud, Talkin' Loud, Brownswood Recordings, Brownswood Recordings
Mb:creative position at 4
BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 1, Acid Jazz Records, Acid Jazz Records
Employer 2
British Broadcasting Corporation, Talkin' Loud
Mb:artists and repertoire 2
100° and Rising, 100° and Rising
Occupation 2
disc jockey, radio personality
Country of citizenship 1
France
Family name 1
Peterson
Given name 1
Gilles
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
French
Native language 1
French
Place of birth 1
Caen
Record label 1
Acid Jazz Records
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Gilles Peterson was born on September 28, 1964[1], in Caen[2]. He has worked as a disc jockey[3] and radio personality[4].

FAQs

Where was Gilles Peterson born?

Gilles Peterson was born in Caen[2].

What did Gilles Peterson do for work?

Gilles Peterson worked as a disc jockey[3] and radio personality[4].

Related Entities

Acid Jazz Records France

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . ft.com. ft.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . bbc.co.uk. bbc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . bbc.co.uk. bbc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [1] ↑ . Discogs. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 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. 3d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Deezer artist ID → 298172
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 10w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → FAF9-385F-747E-CEFF-4127
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  3. 21w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → 0340424-Peterson-Gilles-1964
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ SVKKL authority ID: 0340424-Peterson-Gilles-1964, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
  4. 26w ago · Magnus Manske · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Citizenship → —
    Place of birth → Caen
    Occupation → disc jockey, radio personality
    Employer → —
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ CANTIC ID: 981060974374406706, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257405|batch #257405]]"
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