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Mark O'Connor

American fiddle player
Person human Q6769064

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[20]
Date of birth
August 5, 1961
Place of birth
Seattle
Country of citizenship
United States[10]
Occupation
composer, mandolinist, fiddler, jazz musician, guitarist, songwriter, violinist, musician[11][12][13]
Educated at
Mountlake Terrace High School[14]
Spouse
Maggie O'Connor[8]
Child
Forrest O'Connor[9]
Genre
classical music, country music, traditional folk music[21][22][23]
Official website
www.markoconnor.com[27]
Family name
O'Connor[25]
Given name
Mark[26]
Instrument
violin, mandolin, fiddle[28][29][30]
Member of
Mark O'Connor's Hot Swing Trio, O'Connor Band, David Grisman Quintet, Dixie Dregs, Strength in Numbers[15][16][17][18][19]
P14750
8606-32CF-98EA-8148-BB77[32]
Record label
Rounder Records[24]
Start of work period
1974[31]
🏷️ Also known as
en Mark O'Connor ar مارك أوكونور de Mark O’Connor fa مارک اوکانر ja マーク・オコナー ru Марк О'Коннор ru Марк О’Коннор zh 马克·奥康纳 zh-hant 馬克·奧康納
🔖 Identifiers · 44
ISNI
0000000071450923
VIAF cluster ID
100317503
Library of Congress authority ID
n81114206
GND ID
134475941
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Mark O'Connor, bluegrass musician on stage at Cambridge Folk Festival, 1985.jpg ↗
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000293391
Australian Music Centre artist ID
o-connor-mark
BIBSYS ID
5055625
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13958266k
Carnegie Hall agent ID
27886
CiNii Research ID
1140000791635969664
Deezer artist ID
73588
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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
134475941
Discogs artist ID
274736
Europeana entity
agent/base/69099
FAST ID
1450088
Facebook username
markoconnorfanpage
Fandango person ID
495998
Film.ru person ID
mark-o-connor
Freebase ID
/m/04gh45
Grammy Awards artist ID
mark-oconnor, mark-oconnor/5462
Grove Music Online ID
A2276184
IMDb ID
nm0640432
IxTheo authority ID
575789433
Kinobox person ID
892952
Montreux Jazz Festival person ID
22027
MusicBrainz artist ID
4c82141c-65e2-49aa-9660-c9df88309373
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID
110069
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000009992
Myspace ID
markoconnorviolin
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA1241817X
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007349788005171
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
10008964X
SHARE Catalogue author ID
528342
SNAC ARK ID
w6sv15g9
SecondHandSongs artist ID
26620
Sinemalar person ID
251104
Songkick artist ID
485417
TMDB person ID
2020706
Tidal artist ID
13904
Trading Card Database name ID
88864
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJpJjfBtc7gjjhg6fQhrbd
X (Twitter) username
markoconnor35
Yale LUX ID
person/4f9b02ae-146f-446a-8d90-7ed8d7b719e5

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🔗 Connections
Mb:performer of 10
Appalachian Journey, Appalachia Waltz, Coming Home, Heroes, Hot Swing!, Liberty!, Soppin' the Gravy, The American Seasons +2 more
Occupation 5
composer, songwriter, guitarist, jazz musician, mandolinist
Genre 3
classical music, country music, traditional folk music
Instrument 3
violin, mandolin, fiddle
Mb:member of band 3
Dixie Dregs, Mark O'Connor's Hot Swing Trio, Strength in Numbers
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Given name 1
Mark
Instance of 1
human
Member of 1
Dixie Dregs
Place of birth 1
Seattle
Record label 1
Rounder Records
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Mark O'Connor was born on August 5, 1961[1], in Seattle[2]. He has worked as a composer[3], mandolinist[4], fiddler[5], jazz musician[6], and guitarist[7].

FAQs

Where was Mark O'Connor born?

Mark O'Connor's place of birth was Seattle[2].

Who was Mark O'Connor married to?

Mark O'Connor's spouses include Maggie O'Connor[8].

What did Mark O'Connor do for work?

Mark O'Connor worked as a composer[3], mandolinist[4], fiddler[5], jazz musician[6], and guitarist[7].

Where did Mark O'Connor go to school?

Mark O'Connor was educated at Mountlake Terrace High School[14].

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [22] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [23] ↑ . Montreux Jazz Festival Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [18] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [19] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . Google Knowledge Graph. wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . Montreux Jazz Festival Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Deezer artist ID → 73588
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  2. 2d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'azb', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'fa', 'fr', 'hu', 'it', 'mzn', 'nl',
    Tidal artist ID → 13904
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    Claims rich → —
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  3. 8w ago · TapuriaBot · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sinemalar person ID → 251104
    P14750 → 8606-32CF-98EA-8148-BB77
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  4. 23w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Child → Forrest O'Connor
    Record label → —
    Official website → https://www.markoconnor.com/
    Instance of → human
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32149|batch #32149]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (33)"
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