Johnny Van Zant

American singer (born 1960)
Person human Q516342
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Johnny Van Zant

Summary

Johnny Van Zant is a human[1]. Born in Jacksonville[2], he… he was born on February 27, 1960[3]. He worked as a singer[4] and rock singer[5]. He ranks in the top 0.55% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,575 views/month, #5,495 of 1,000,298).[6]

Key Facts

  • Johnny Van Zant was born in Jacksonville[2].
  • Johnny Van Zant was born on February 27, 1960[3].
  • Johnny Van Zant held citizenship in United States[7].
  • Johnny Van Zant's professions included singer[4].
  • Johnny Van Zant's professions included rock singer[5].
  • Johnny Van Zant's field of work was rock music[8].
  • Johnny Van Zant's field of work was country music[9].
  • Johnny Van Zant was a member of Lynyrd Skynyrd[10].
  • Johnny Van Zant is recorded as male[11].
  • Johnny Van Zant's instance of is recorded as human[12].
  • Johnny Van Zant's genre is Southern rock[13].
  • Johnny Van Zant's Commons category is recorded as Johnny Van Zant[14].
  • Johnny Van Zant's given name is recorded as Johnny[15].
  • Johnny Van Zant's official website is recorded as http://www.thevanzants.com/[16].
  • Johnny Van Zant's instrument is recorded as voice[17].
  • Johnny Van Zant's start of work period is recorded as 1976[18].
  • Johnny Van Zant's sibling is recorded as Ronnie Van Zant[19].
  • Johnny Van Zant's sibling is recorded as Donnie Van Zant[20].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[21]

  • Country: US[22]

  • Began / founded: 1959-02-27[23]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 689d63c1-3591-45b1-9965-bf95c2d85931[24]

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Origins and Family

Johnny Van Zant's place of birth was Jacksonville[2]. He was born on February 27, 1960[3].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include singer[4] and rock singer[5]. Fields of work include rock music[8], a music genre[25], founded in 1948[26] and country music[9], a music genre[27], founded in 1920[28].

Why It Matters

Johnny Van Zant ranks in the top 0.55% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,575 views/month, #5,495 of 1,000,298).[6] He has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] He is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

FAQs

Where was Johnny Van Zant born?

Johnny Van Zant's place of birth was Jacksonville[2].

What did Johnny Van Zant do for work?

Johnny Van Zant worked as singer[4] and rock singer[5].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [11] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [12] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] . wikidata.org.
  12. [3] . GeneaStar. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . musik-sammler.de. musik-sammler.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [23] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [6] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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