Philo Vance

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Person literary_character Q3901558
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Philo Vance

Summary

Philo Vance is a literary character[1]. He worked as a private investigator[2]. He draws 122 Wikipedia views per month (literary_character category, ranking #147 of 421).[3]

Key Facts

  • Philo Vance worked as a private investigator[2].
  • Philo Vance is the creator of S. S. Van Dine[4].
  • Philo Vance is recorded as male[5].
  • Philo Vance's instance of is recorded as literary character[6].
  • Philo Vance's performer is recorded as William Powell[7].
  • Philo Vance's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh88000107[8].
  • Philo Vance's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03fdn_[9].
  • Philo Vance's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Philo-Vance[10].
  • Philo Vance's present in work is recorded as The Benson Murder Case[11].
  • Philo Vance's present in work is recorded as The Winter Murder Case[12].
  • Philo Vance's Treccani ID is recorded as philo-vance[13].
  • Philo Vance's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007546355505171[14].
  • Philo Vance's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/eebf48b3-4868-49c2-96b7-4bc1a17cee20[15].

Body

Career and Affiliations

Philo Vance worked as a private investigator[2].

Works and Contributions

Philo Vance is the creator of S. S. Van Dine[4].

Why It Matters

Philo Vance draws 122 Wikipedia views per month (literary_character category, ranking #147 of 421).[3]

FAQs

What did Philo Vance do for work?

Philo Vance worked as private investigator[2].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [3] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_philo-vance_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Philo Vance}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/philo-vance}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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