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John Cameron Swayze

American news presenter and reporter (1906–1995)
Person Human Q4261198
John Cameron Swayze
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Facts

13 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[12]
Date of birth
April 4, 1906
Date of death
August 15, 1995
Place of birth
New York City
Place of death
Sarasota
Country of citizenship
United States[8]
Occupation
news presenter, presenter, journalist
Educated at
University of Kansas, Atchison High School[9][10]
Award received
Award of Honor of the National Cartoonists Society[11]
Family name
Swayze[13]
Given name
John[14]
Start of work period
1940[15]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 22
ISNI
0000000024711422
VIAF cluster ID
33278708
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n79091462
American National Biography ID
1803487
CineMagia person ID
1378505
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/John-Cameron-Swayze
FAST ID
40973
Fandango person ID
658418
Find a Grave memorial ID
7256639
Freebase ID
/m/0685pq
Geni profile ID
6000000006257610778
IMDb ID
nm0842027
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Kansapedia ID
17700
Kinobox person ID
911559
Our Campaigns candidate ID
46027
SNAC ARK ID
w61s00gb
TMDB person ID
567765
TV Maze person ID
313839
Trading Card Database name ID
191272
WikiTree person ID
Swayze-607
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJqQDcgwPqJDmDqm4JhGpP
Yale LUX ID
person/d55d06cb-214e-49bc-b6b6-11b289626cc6

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Occupation 3
journalist, presenter, news presenter
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Educated at 1
University of Kansas
Given name 1
John
Instance of 1
human
Place of birth 1
New York City
Place of death 1
Sarasota
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

John Cameron Swayze's place of birth was New York City[1]. He was born on April 4, 1906[2]. He died in Sarasota[3]. He died on August 15, 1995[4]. He worked as a news presenter[5], presenter[6], and journalist[7].

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Education

Educated at University of Kansas[9], a public educational institution of the United States[16], in United States[17], founded in 1864[18] and Atchison High School[10], a high school[19], in United States[20].

FAQs

Where was John Cameron Swayze born?

Born in New York City[1].

Where did John Cameron Swayze die?

John Cameron Swayze passed away in Sarasota[3].

What did John Cameron Swayze do for work?

John Cameron Swayze worked as news presenter[5], presenter[6], and journalist[7].

Where did John Cameron Swayze go to school?

John Cameron Swayze was educated at University of Kansas[9] and Atchison High School[10].

What awards did John Cameron Swayze receive?

Honors received include Award of Honor of the National Cartoonists Society[11].

Related Entities

New York City United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [2] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [4] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 6w ago · Animalparty · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Kansapedia ID → 17700
    "Created claim: Kansapedia ID: 17700, Matched to Swayze, John Cameron (#83581795) in Kansapedia #m"
  2. 10w ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Educated at → University of Kansas, Atchison High School
    Country of citizenship → United States
    Instance of → human
    Start of work period → 1940
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: TV Maze person ID: 313839, batch #270242"
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