John Eaton

American jazz pianist
Person human Q279576
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Summary

John Eaton was born on May 29, 1934[1], in Washington, D.C.[2]. He died on May 24, 2026[3]. He worked as a pianist[4], jazz musician[5], and musicologist[6]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (41 views/month, #7,297 of 1,000,298).[7]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: United States[8]
  • Educated at: Yale University[9]
  • Sex or gender: male[10]
  • Genre: jazz[11]
  • Family name: Eaton[12]
  • Given name: John[13]
  • Instrument: piano[14]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: English[15]
  • Name in native language: John Eaton[16]

Product Details

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  • Type: Person[17]

  • Country: US[18]

  • Began / founded: 1934-05-29[19]

  • Genre(s): jazz[20]

  • Community tags: jazz[21]

  • MusicBrainz ID: f1cdd2af-eb2a-47b2-a99d-2628da728a9e[22]

Why It Matters

John Eaton is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

FAQs

Where was John Eaton born?

John Eaton's place of birth was Washington, D.C.[2].

What did John Eaton do for work?

John Eaton worked as a pianist[4], jazz musician[5], and musicologist[6].

Where did John Eaton go to school?

John Eaton was educated at Yale University[9].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  5. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  10. [3] ↑ . msn.com. Retrieved . msn.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [7] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Bargioni · 2026-10-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/60914|batch #60914]]: add P1810 to P396"
  2. 16d ago · Epìdosis · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'de', 'en']
    Sbn author id → SBNV127953
    Sitelink count → 4
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Sbn author id: SBNV127953, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/289737|batch #289737]]"
  3. 21w ago · باسم · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Languages spoken, written or signed → English
    Date of death → +2026-05-24T00:00:00Z
    Occupation → pianist, jazz musician, musicologist
    Name in native language → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'John Eaton'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Date of death: 24 May 2026"
  4. 22w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → pianist, jazz musician, musicologist
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Occupation: musician, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/258354|batch #258354]]"
  5. 22w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instrument → piano
    Place of birth → Washington, D.C.
    Freebase id → /m/03c1g75
    Library of congress authority id → n78054330
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32082|batch #32082]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (24)"
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