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historical figure

Summary

historical figure ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (90 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • historical figure is a type of person[2].
  • historical figure is a type of historical subject[3].
  • historical figure's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Historical persons[4].
  • historical figure's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[5].
  • historical figure's different from is recorded as historical character[6].
  • historical figure's has list is recorded as Q11546857[7].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include person[2] and historical subject[3].

Why It Matters

historical figure ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (90 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). historical figure. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/historical-figure
MLA “historical figure.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/historical-figure.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_historical-figure_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{historical figure}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/historical-figure}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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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. 25d ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Has list → Q11546857
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Q140249898
    Described by source → Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36807|batch #36807]]: tag for concrete/abstract disjunction anomaly"
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