Lew Archer

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Lew Archer

Summary

Lew Archer is a fictional human[1]. He worked as a detective[2]. He draws 92 Wikipedia views per month (fictional_human category, ranking #858 of 5,308).[3]

Key Facts

  • Lew Archer held citizenship in United States[4].
  • Lew Archer worked as a detective[2].
  • Lew Archer is the creator of Ross Macdonald[5].
  • Lew Archer is recorded as male[6].
  • Lew Archer's instance of is recorded as fictional human[7].
  • Lew Archer's instance of is recorded as literary character[8].
  • Lew Archer's instance of is recorded as film character[9].
  • Lew Archer's instance of is recorded as television character[10].
  • Lew Archer's publisher is recorded as Alfred A. Knopf[11].
  • Lew Archer's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh88001416[12].
  • Lew Archer's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0539kp[13].
  • Lew Archer's given name is recorded as Lew[14].
  • Lew Archer's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lew Archer (series)[15].
  • Lew Archer's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as English[16].
  • Lew Archer's Goodreads character ID is recorded as 1000664[17].
  • Lew Archer's Goodreads character ID is recorded as 17278[18].
  • Lew Archer's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007532020505171[19].
  • Lew Archer's Yale LUX ID is recorded as person/d426dd81-0af3-4ac1-b874-735824327c95[20].

Body

Career and Affiliations

Lew Archer worked as a detective[2].

Works and Contributions

Lew Archer is the creator of Ross Macdonald[5].

Why It Matters

Lew Archer draws 92 Wikipedia views per month (fictional_human category, ranking #858 of 5,308).[3] He has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] He is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

FAQs

What did Lew Archer do for work?

Lew Archer worked as detective[2].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . wikidata.org.
  7. [2] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [3] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_lew-archer_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Lew Archer}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/lew-archer}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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