Home › Entities › fictional_human › Pecos Bill

Pecos Bill

fictional cowboy in stories set during American westward expansion
Person fictional_human Q2709326
Pecos Bill
Elmer Hader · Public Domain · Wikimedia
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

Pecos Bill is a fictional human[1]. He has worked as a cowboy[2]. He draws 2,233 Wikipedia views per month (fictional human category, ranking #646 of 5,308).[3]

Key Facts

  • Creator: Tex O'Reilly[4]
  • Sex or gender: male[5]
  • Commons category: Pecos Bill[6]
  • Country of origin: United States[7]
  • Present in work: The Century Magazine[8]
  • First appearance: 1923[9]
  • P14738: 32277[10]
  • P14750: 3CC2-9B88-99DB-23A0-F4FB[11]

Why It Matters

Pecos Bill has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] He is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

FAQs

What did Pecos Bill do for work?

Pecos Bill worked as a cowboy[2].

Related Entities

United States

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [3] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Pecos Bill. Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/pecos-bill
MLA “Pecos Bill.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 17 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/pecos-bill.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_pecos-bill_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Pecos Bill}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/pecos-bill}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-17}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Pecos Bill — https://4ort.xyz/entity/pecos-bill (retrieved 2026-10-17)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/pecos-bill · Last refreshed:

Edit History

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. 7d ago · Hyju · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14738 → 32277
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'commons', 'en', 'es', 'fi', 'fr', 'fy', 'it', 'ja', 'nn', 'pt', 'ru', 't
    Inducks character id → —
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14738: 32277"
  2. 26d ago · Hyju · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inducks character id → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Inducks character id: Pecos+Bill"
  3. 9w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 3CC2-9B88-99DB-23A0-F4FB
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/47158|batch #47158]]: HAND ID (11)"
  4. 20w ago · Gerwoman · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin → —
    Country of origin → United States
    First appearance → 1923
    Instance of → —
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||mul */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/33929|batch #33929]]"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.