Paul Bunyan

North American folklore character
Person literary_character Q150519
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Paul Bunyan

Summary

Paul Bunyan is a literary character[1]. He worked as a lumberjack[2]. He ranks in the top 2% of literary_character entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,927 views/month).[3]

Key Facts

  • Paul Bunyan held citizenship in United States[4].
  • Paul Bunyan worked as a lumberjack[2].
  • Paul Bunyan's image is recorded as Akeley-Minnesota-Paul-Bunyan.jpg[5].
  • Paul Bunyan is recorded as male[6].
  • Paul Bunyan's instance of is recorded as literary character[7].
  • Paul Bunyan's instance of is recorded as folklore character[8].
  • Paul Bunyan's instance of is recorded as advertising character[9].
  • Paul Bunyan's instance of is recorded as fictional human[10].
  • Paul Bunyan's instance of is recorded as giant in a work of fiction[11].
  • Paul Bunyan's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 310624344[12].
  • Paul Bunyan's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 76170924943890152393[13].
  • Paul Bunyan's GND ID is recorded as 119318830[14].
  • Paul Bunyan's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2014108645[15].
  • Paul Bunyan's Commons category is recorded as Paul Bunyan[16].
  • Paul Bunyan's country of origin is recorded as United States[17].
  • Paul Bunyan's country of origin is recorded as Canada[18].
  • Paul Bunyan's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/061_2[19].
  • Paul Bunyan's family name is recorded as Bunyan[20].
  • Paul Bunyan's given name is recorded as Paul[21].
  • Paul Bunyan's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Paul Bunyan[22].
  • Paul Bunyan's described at URL is recorded as http://www.mythfolklore.net/3043mythfolklore/reading/bunyanhenry/pages/08.htm[23].
  • Paul Bunyan's medical condition is recorded as gigantism[24].
  • Paul Bunyan's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Paul-Bunyan[25].
  • Paul Bunyan's present in work is recorded as Paul Bunyan[26].
  • Paul Bunyan's present in work is recorded as Q137397223[27].

Body

Career and Affiliations

Paul Bunyan's professions included lumberjack[2].

Works and Contributions

Things named for Paul Bunyan include he[28], a dramatico-musical work[29].

Why It Matters

Paul Bunyan ranks in the top 2% of literary_character entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,927 views/month).[3] He has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30]

Entities named for him include he[28], a dramatico-musical work[29].

FAQs

What did Paul Bunyan do for work?

Paul Bunyan worked as lumberjack[2].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . britannica.com. Retrieved . britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [2] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Faceted Application of Subject Terminology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [3] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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