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Penn & Teller

American illusionists and entertainers
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Penn & Teller

Summary

Penn & Teller is a double act[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of double_act entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (37,648 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Penn & Teller received the Richard Dawkins Award[3].
  • Penn & Teller received the Rose d'Or[4].
  • Penn & Teller received the Emperor Has No Clothes Award[5].
  • Penn & Teller received the star on Hollywood Walk of Fame[6].
  • Penn & Teller received the Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Award[7].
  • Penn & Teller received the The Center's Honorarium Honorees[8].
  • Penn & Teller's instance of is recorded as double act[9].
  • Penn & Teller's instance of is recorded as male duo[10].
  • Penn & Teller's Commons category is recorded as Penn & Teller[11].
  • Penn & Teller comprises Penn Jillette[12].
  • Penn & Teller comprises Teller[13].
  • August 19, 1975 marks the founding of Penn & Teller[14].
  • Penn & Teller's official website is recorded as https://www.pennandteller.com[15].
  • Penn & Teller's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Penn & Teller[16].
  • Penn & Teller's Commons gallery is recorded as Penn & Teller[17].
  • Penn & Teller's start of work period is recorded as 1975[18].
  • Penn & Teller's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/University of Nevada, Las Vegas[19].
  • Penn & Teller's official shop URL is recorded as https://www.pennandtellerstore.com/[20].

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: Group[21]

  • Country: US[22]

  • MusicBrainz ID: b4d4c17b-243a-4091-b61d-c4ed13a65b98[23]

Body

Founding

August 19, 1975 marks the founding of Penn & Teller[14].

Recognition

Awards received include Richard Dawkins Award[3], an award[24]; Rose d'Or[4], an award[25], in Switzerland[26], founded in 1961[27]; Emperor Has No Clothes Award[5], an award[28]; star on Hollywood Walk of Fame[6], a commemorative plaque[29], in United States[30]; Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Award[7], an award[31], in United States[32], founded in 1979[33]; and The Center's Honorarium Honorees[8], an award[34], in United States[35], founded in 1994[36].

Why It Matters

Penn & Teller ranks in the top 10% of double_act entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (37,648 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

FAQs

What awards did Penn & Teller receive?

Honors received include Richard Dawkins Award[3], Rose d'Or[4], Emperor Has No Clothes Award[5], and star on Hollywood Walk of Fame[6].

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [8] ↑ . programme. n2t.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ca', 'commons', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'et', 'fi', 'fr', 'he', 'hy', 'i
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  2. 13w ago · Horcrux · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → Penn Jillette, Teller
    On focus list of wikimedia project → WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/University of Nevada, Las Vegas
    Inception → +1975-08-19T00:00:00Z
    Start of work period → +1975-00-00T00:00:00Z
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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