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John Boyd

American pilot and Pentagon consultant
Person human Q3080407
John Boyd
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Facts

20 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[12]
Date of birth
January 23, 1927
Date of death
March 9, 1997
Place of birth
Erie
Place of death
West Palm Beach
Country of citizenship
United States[8]
Occupation
military officer, soldier
Educated at
Georgia Tech, University of Iowa[9][10]
Award received
Legionnaire of Legion of Merit[11]
Cause of death
cancer[15]
End of work period
1975[22]
Family name
Boyd[18]
Given name
John[19]
Manner of death
natural causes[20]
Military branch
United States Air Force[13]
Military, police or special rank
Colonel[14]
Participated in conflict
Korean War, Vietnam War[16][17]
Place of burial
Arlington National Cemetery[7]
Start of work period
1945[21]
🏷️ Also known as
en John Boyd en John Richard Boyd ar جون بويد fa جان بوید he ג'ון בויד ja ジョン・ボイド ja ジョン・ボイド (軍事思想家) pt John Boyd (estrategista militar) pt John Richard Boyd ru Джон Бойд sv John Richard Boyd uk Джон Річард Бойд zh 約翰.柏伊德 zh 约翰·伯伊德
🔖 Identifiers · 16
ISNI
0000000116571666
VIAF cluster ID
277300637, 35552216
Library of Congress authority ID
n00006520
GND ID
130057568
American National Biography ID
0700723
C-SPAN person numeric ID
18125
C-SPAN person string ID (deprecated)
18125
FAST ID
452556, 49207
Find a Grave memorial ID
23485522
Freebase ID
/m/015p7g
IdRef ID
122795040
NUKAT ID
n2014081507, n01716721
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National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007582887805171
National Library of Latvia ID
000048380
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJm4Xk8w4y78vHGqmF384q
Yale LUX ID
person/b86acbc5-5c3d-405a-8232-82f63b12946e

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🔗 Connections
Educated at 2
Georgia Tech, University of Iowa
Participated in conflict 2
Vietnam War, Korean War
Cause of death 1
cancer
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Family name 1
Boyd
Given name 1
John
Instance of 1
human
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Military branch 1
United States Air Force
Military, police or special rank 1
Colonel
Occupation 1
military officer
Place of birth 1
Erie
Place of burial 1
Arlington National Cemetery
Place of death 1
West Palm Beach
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

John Boyd was born on January 23, 1927[1], in Erie[2]. He died on March 9, 1997[3], in West Palm Beach[4]. He worked as a military officer[5] and soldier[6].

FAQs

Where was John Boyd born?

John Boyd was born in Erie[2].

Where did John Boyd die?

John Boyd died in West Palm Beach[4].

What did John Boyd do for work?

John Boyd worked as a military officer[5] and soldier[6].

Where did John Boyd go to school?

John Boyd was educated at Georgia Tech[9] and University of Iowa[10].

What awards did John Boyd receive?

Honors received include Legionnaire of Legion of Merit[11].

Related Entities

United States University of Iowa

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . ancexplorer.army.mil. ancexplorer.army.mil. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [1] ↑ . Find a Grave. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [3] ↑ . Find a Grave. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Educated at → Georgia Tech, University of Iowa
    Place of birth → Erie
    Manner of death → natural causes
    End of work period → +1975-00-00T00:00:00Z
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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