Martin Shaw

British actor
Person human Q1324008
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Summary

Martin Shaw was born on January 21, 1945[1], in Birmingham[2]. He has worked as an actor[3], television actor[4], film actor[5], and rally driver[6]. He ranks in the top 0.54% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,219 views/month, #5,380 of 1,000,298).[7]

Key Facts

  • Child: Luke Shaw[8]
  • Country of citizenship: United Kingdom[9]
  • Educated at: London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art[10]
  • Religion or worldview: Hinduism[11]
  • Sex or gender: male[12]
  • Commons category: Martin Shaw[13]
  • Sport: rallying[14]
  • Family name: Shaw[15]
  • Given name: Martin[16]
  • Nominated for: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play[17]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: English[18]
  • Different from: Martin Shaw[19]
  • Start of work period: 1967[20]
  • P14750: AC8F-58F2-4E34-6904-6B5D[21]

Why It Matters

Martin Shaw has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] He is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

FAQs

Where was Martin Shaw born?

Martin Shaw was born in Birmingham[2].

What did Martin Shaw do for work?

Martin Shaw worked as an actor[3], television actor[4], film actor[5], and rally driver[6].

Where did Martin Shaw go to school?

Martin Shaw was educated at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art[10].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . Who trained at LAMDA?. lamda.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [7] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · ならちゃん · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Allcinema person id → 39331
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'azb', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Allcinema person id: 39331, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/321987742|マーティン・ショウ (#321987742)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8395|Allcinema person]] #mix"
  2. 17d ago · StorchPDF · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Port person id → 20249
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Port person id: 20249, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/275236|batch #275236]]"
  3. 26d ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Kinobaza person id → martin-shaw
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Kinobaza person id: martin-shaw, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/273862|batch #273862]]"
  4. 8w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → AC8F-58F2-4E34-6904-6B5D
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46469|batch #46469]]: HAND ID (8)"
  5. 21w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Religion or worldview → Hinduism
    Different from → Martin Shaw
    Instance of → —
    Occupation → actor, television actor, film actor +1
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31706|batch #31706]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (6)"
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