Philip Yancey

American writer

Person Human Q552966

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Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[12]
Date of birth: November 4, 1949
Place of birth: Atlanta
Country of citizenship: United States^[8]
Occupation: journalist, writer, publisher, editor, author
Educated at: University of Chicago, Wheaton College, Columbia International University^[9]^[10]^[11]
Official website: philipyancey.com^[15]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[16]
Family name: Yancey^[13]
Given name: Philip^[14]

🏷️ Also known as

en Philip Yancey ar فيليب يانسي cs Philip D. Yancey cs Philip Yancey ja フィリップ・ヤンシー ko 필립 얀시 sv Yancey uk Філіп Янсі

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VIAF cluster ID: 84530862
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n80034147
GND ID: 122484983
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Philip Yancey speaking.jpg ↗
BIBSYS ID: 90348604
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE): YanceyPhilip
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 12646934j
CiNii Research ID: 1140000791576351744
DDB person (GND) ID: 122484983
Databazeknih.cz author ID: 40496
EGAXA ID: vtls003759654

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FAST ID: 52019
Freebase ID: /m/04dkyz
IdRef ID: 05246010X
IxTheo authority ID: 081972555
J9U entity ID: 987007455170405171
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA10567532
NDL Authority ID: 00461565
NL CR AUT ID: mzk2002156868
NLP ID: a0000001157638
NUKAT ID: n94202435
National Library of Korea ID: KAC199630737
National Library of Latvia ID: 000220048
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810570400405606
National Library of Portugal ID: 1174077
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 071604626
Obálky knih ID: mzk2002156868
Open Library ID: OL26209A
Parsifal cluster ID: 26462
Pontificia Università della Santa Croce ID: 125559
SVKKL authority ID: p0096678-Yancey-Philip-D-1949
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJhhpwxJg6hbkdTgXdGT73
Yale LUX ID: person/92f298b1-f764-4191-8e6c-946fa915ae69

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Educated at 3

University of Chicago, Wheaton College, Columbia International University

Occupation 3

writer, journalist, publisher

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Given name 1

Philip

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Place of birth 1

Atlanta

Sex or gender 1

male

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Summary

Philip Yancey was born on November 4, 1949^[1], in Atlanta^[2]. He has worked as a journalist^[3], writer^[4], publisher^[5], editor^[6], and author^[7].

FAQs

Where was Philip Yancey born?

Philip Yancey's place of birth was Atlanta^[2].

What did Philip Yancey do for work?

Philip Yancey worked as a journalist^[3], writer^[4], publisher^[5], editor^[6], and author^[7].

Where did Philip Yancey go to school?

Philip Yancey was educated at University of Chicago^[9], Wheaton College^[10], and Columbia International University^[11].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Philip Yancey — place of birth (P19): Atlanta. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Philip Yancey — sex or gender (P21): male. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-08-14. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Philip Yancey — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Philip Yancey — educated at (P69): University of Chicago. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Philip Yancey — educated at (P69): Wheaton College. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Philip Yancey — educated at (P69): Columbia International University. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Philip Yancey — occupation (P106): journalist. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Philip Yancey — occupation (P106): writer. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Philip Yancey — occupation (P106): publisher. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Philip Yancey — occupation (P106): editor. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Philip Yancey — occupation (P106): author. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Philip Yancey — date of birth (P569): November 4, 1949. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Philip Yancey — family name (P734): Yancey. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Philip Yancey — given name (P735): Philip. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-08-14. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Philip Yancey — official website (P856): http://philipyancey.com/. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Philip Yancey — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.

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21w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗

SVKKL authority ID → p0096678-Yancey-Philip-D-1949

"Created claim: SVKKL authority ID: p0096678-Yancey-Philip-D-1949, batch #259496"
25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Occupation → journalist, writer, publisher +1

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32117: import P21 and P106 from GND (30)"

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