Matthew Dear

American musician
Person human Q1679603
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Summary

Matthew Dear was born on April 4, 1979[1], in Kingsville[2]. He has worked as a disc jockey[3], record producer[4], composer[5], and musician[6]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (388 views/month, #7,254 of 1,000,298).[7]

Key Facts

  • Date of birth: January 1, 1979[8]
  • Country of citizenship: United States[9]
  • Educated at: University of Michigan[10], Lake Orion High School[11]
  • Sex or gender: male[12]
  • Genre: techno[13]
  • Record label: Ghostly International[14]
  • Commons category: Matthew Dear[15]
  • Family name: Dear[16]
  • Given name: Matthew[17]
  • Pseudonym: Audion[18]
  • Official website: https://ghostly.com/artists/matthew-dear[19]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: English[20]
  • Start of work period: 1999[21]
  • Social media followers: 18,745[22], 18,370[23], 18,024[24]
  • P14750: 467C-9218-D657-503F-C8A9[25]

Why It Matters

Matthew Dear has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] He is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

FAQs

Where was Matthew Dear born?

Matthew Dear was born in Kingsville[2].

What did Matthew Dear do for work?

Matthew Dear worked as a disc jockey[3], record producer[4], composer[5], and musician[6].

Where did Matthew Dear go to school?

Matthew Dear was educated at University of Michigan[10] and Lake Orion High School[11].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Discogs. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . Google Knowledge Graph. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [7] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . 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. 6d ago · Printstream · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'fr', 'it', 'ru', 'uk']
    Deutsche biographie (gnd) id → 135360560, 111489477X, 1114895105
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/58947|batch #58947]]: Import P7902 (DtBio)"
  2. 5w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Languages spoken, written or signed → English
    Viaf cluster id → 183149196252274790330, 225216602
    Deutsche biographie (gnd) id → 135360560, 111489477X, 1114895105
    Idref id → 250604639
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-references:1||1|7 */ Sex or gender: male, Cleanup: remove duplicate refs ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanup]])"
  3. 21w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → disc jockey, record producer, composer +1
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31725|batch #31725]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (19)"
  4. 23w ago · Ytterbyz · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nme artist id → matthew-dear
    Genre → —
    Record label → Ghostly International
    Social media followers → {'amount': '+18745'}, {'amount': '+18370'}, {'amount': '+18024'}
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Nme artist id: matthew-dear, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/214800658|matthew dear (#214800658)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7190|NME artist]] #"
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