Somerton Man

1948 unsolved death of an unidentified man in Somerton, South Australia
Person human Q923144
Somerton Man
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Somerton Man

Summary

Somerton Man is a human[1]. He passed away in Adelaide[2]. He died on +1948-12-01T00:00:00Z[3]. He ranks in the top 0.6% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,883 views/month, #6,030 of 1,000,298).[4]

Key Facts

  • Somerton Man passed away in Adelaide[2].
  • Somerton Man died on +1948-12-01T00:00:00Z[3].
  • Burial took place at Adelaide[5].
  • Somerton Man's image is recorded as SomertonMan2.jpg[6].
  • Somerton Man is recorded as male[7].
  • Somerton Man's instance of is recorded as human[8].
  • Somerton Man's Commons category is recorded as Somerton Man[9].
  • Somerton Man's said to be the same as is recorded as Carl Webb[10].
  • Somerton Man's point in time is recorded as +1948-12-01T00:00:00Z[11].
  • Somerton Man's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02q489z[12].
  • Somerton Man's image of grave is recorded as SomertonManGrave.jpg[13].
  • Somerton Man's subject has role is recorded as unidentified decedent[14].
  • Somerton Man's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 타맘 슈드 사건[15].
  • Somerton Man's Casefile ID is recorded as 02[16].

Body

Death and Burial

Somerton Man died on +1948-12-01T00:00:00Z[3]. He died in Adelaide[2]. He is buried at Adelaide[5].

Why It Matters

Somerton Man ranks in the top 0.6% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,883 views/month, #6,030 of 1,000,298).[4] He has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] He is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

FAQs

Where did Somerton Man die?

Somerton Man passed away in Adelaide[2].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . smithsonianmag.com. smithsonianmag.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [3] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [4] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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