Paul van Loon

Dutch singer and writer
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Paul van Loon

Summary

Paul van Loon is a human[1]. His place of birth was Geleen[2]. He was born on April 17, 1955[3]. He worked as a singer[4], writer[5], screenwriter[6], children's writer[7], and actor[8]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (32 views/month, #7,288 of 1,000,298).[9]

Key Facts

  • Paul van Loon's place of birth was Geleen[2].
  • Paul van Loon was born on April 17, 1955[3].
  • Paul van Loon held citizenship in Kingdom of the Netherlands[10].
  • Dutch was Paul van Loon's native language[11].
  • Paul van Loon's professions included singer[4].
  • Paul van Loon's professions included writer[5].
  • Paul van Loon worked as a screenwriter[6].
  • Paul van Loon worked as a children's writer[7].
  • Paul van Loon worked as an actor[8].
  • Paul van Loon's field of work was children's and young adult literature[12].
  • Paul van Loon's field of work was pop music[13].
  • Paul van Loon's field of work was popular music[14].
  • Paul van Loon received the Kiddo Leespluim[15].
  • Paul van Loon received the De Kinderjury[16].
  • Paul van Loon received the De Kinderjury[17].
  • Paul van Loon received the De Kinderjury[18].
  • Paul van Loon received the De Kinderjury[19].
  • Paul van Loon received the De Kinderjury[20].
  • Paul van Loon is recorded as male[21].
  • Paul van Loon's instance of is recorded as human[22].
  • Paul van Loon's Commons category is recorded as Paul van Loon[23].
  • Paul van Loon's family name is recorded as Q7913500[24].
  • Paul van Loon's given name is recorded as Paul[25].
  • Paul van Loon's official website is recorded as http://paulvanloon.nl/[26].
  • Paul van Loon's official website is recorded as http://www.paulvanloon.nl[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[28]

  • Country: NL[29]

  • Began / founded: 1955-04-17[30]

  • Community tags: has german audiobooks[31]

  • MusicBrainz ID: d5b1e8c5-a60d-49c0-a142-4a38b3d96e5c[32]

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Origins and Family

Born in Geleen[2], Paul van Loon… he was born on April 17, 1955[3]. Dutch was his native language[11].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include singer[4], writer[5], screenwriter[6], children's writer[7], and actor[8]. Fields of work include children's and young adult literature[12], a sub-set of literature[33]; pop music[13], a music genre[34], founded in 1950[35]; and popular music[14], a music genre[36].

Recognition

Awards received include Kiddo Leespluim[15], a literary award[37], in Kingdom of the Netherlands[38], founded in 1984[39] and De Kinderjury[16], a literary award[40], in Kingdom of the Netherlands[41], founded in 1988[42].

Why It Matters

Paul van Loon ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (32 views/month, #7,288 of 1,000,298).[9]

FAQs

Where was Paul van Loon born?

Paul van Loon's place of birth was Geleen[2].

What did Paul van Loon do for work?

Paul van Loon worked as singer[4], writer[5], screenwriter[6], children's writer[7], and actor[8].

What awards did Paul van Loon receive?

Honors received include Kiddo Leespluim[15], De Kinderjury[16], De Kinderjury[17], and De Kinderjury[18].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [21] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] . wikidata.org.
  4. [22] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [13] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [4] . wikidata.org.
  10. [5] . wikidata.org.
  11. [6] . wikidata.org.
  12. [7] . wikidata.org.
  13. [8] . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . wikidata.org.
  20. [23] . wikidata.org.
  21. [3] . NooSFere. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [9] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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