Martin Handford

author and illustrator (b. 1956)

Person Human Q2532830

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Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[9]
Date of birth: September 27, 1956
Place of birth: Hampstead
Country of citizenship: United Kingdom^[6]
Occupation: writer, illustrator, children's writer
Field of work: illustration^[7]
Educated at: University for the Creative Arts^[8]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[12]
Copyright status as a creator: works protected by copyrights^[14]
Family name: Handford^[10]
Given name: Martin^[11]
Name in native language: Martin Handford^[13]

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en Martin Handford he מרטין הנדפורד ja マーティン・ハンドフォード ko 마틴 핸드포드 uk Мартін Гендфорд zh 馬丁·韓福特

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VIAF cluster ID: 14797159
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n86065895
GND ID: 1018956077
BD Gest' author ID: 31947
BIBSYS ID: 90341198
Babelio author ID: 63278
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 12090572j
Bitraga author ID: 2580
CANTIC ID: 981058512882806706
CBDB.cz author ID: 21434
Canadiana Name Authority ID: ncf10189787

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CiNii Research ID: 1140282266851636608
Databazeknih.cz author ID: 43236
Europeana entity: agent/base/33680
Freebase ID: /m/03nzyw
GCD creator ID: 67878
Goodreads author ID: 76413
IdRef ID: 029237653
J9U entity ID: 987007312735405171
KBR person ID: 14511086
Le Delarge artist ID: 8044_artiste_HANDFORD_Martin
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA0589119X
NDL Authority ID: 00467884
NL CR AUT ID: xx0052002
NUKAT ID: n2018287745
National Library of Greece ID: 75356
National Library of Korea ID: KAC200100480
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810602921205606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID: XX900506
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 072626941
Open Library ID: OL387521A
Penguin Random House author ID: 67874
Quora topic ID: Martin-Handford
SBN author ID: RAVV037009
SVKKL authority ID: p0029741-Handford-Martin-1956
Tebeosfera ID: handford_martin
Union List of Artist Names ID: 500076104
University of Barcelona authority ID: 981058512882806706
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJjtfjp6VC6B4td7qq9Rrq
Yale LUX ID: person/819572b0-2284-4b06-bada-3c6e0cff842e

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Occupation 3

writer, illustrator, children's writer

Country of citizenship 1

United Kingdom

Educated at 1

University for the Creative Arts

Field of work 1

illustration

Given name 1

Martin

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Place of birth 1

Hampstead

Sex or gender 1

male

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Summary

Martin Handford was born on September 27, 1956^[1], in Hampstead^[2]. He has worked as a writer^[3], illustrator^[4], and children's writer^[5].

FAQs

Where was Martin Handford born?

Martin Handford was born in Hampstead^[2].

What did Martin Handford do for work?

Martin Handford worked as a writer^[3], illustrator^[4], and children's writer^[5].

Where did Martin Handford go to school?

Martin Handford was educated at University for the Creative Arts^[8].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Martin Handford — place of birth (P19): Hampstead. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Martin Handford — sex or gender (P21): male. Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved 2018-11-04. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Martin Handford — country of citizenship (P27): United Kingdom. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Martin Handford — educated at (P69): University for the Creative Arts. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Martin Handford — field of work (P101): illustration. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Martin Handford — occupation (P106): writer. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Martin Handford — occupation (P106): illustrator. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Martin Handford — occupation (P106): children's writer. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Martin Handford — date of birth (P569): September 27, 1956. BD Gest'. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Martin Handford — family name (P734): Handford. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Martin Handford — given name (P735): Martin. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-08-14. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Martin Handford — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Martin Handford — name in native language (P1559): Martin Handford. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Martin Handford — copyright status as a creator (P7763): works protected by copyrights. Retrieved 2020-12-07. wikidata.org.

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