Tevye

musical character in the musical Fiddler on the Roof by Jerry Bock; a poor milkman with five daughters (based on a character of the same name with seven daughters in the short stories of Sholem Aleichem)
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Tevye
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Tevye

Summary

Tevye is a fictional human[1]. He draws 1,494 Wikipedia views per month (fictional_human category, ranking #549 of 5,308).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tevye is the creator of Sholem Aleichem[3].
  • Tevye is recorded as male[4].
  • Tevye's instance of is recorded as fictional human[5].
  • Tevye's instance of is recorded as musical theatre character[6].
  • Tevye's instance of is recorded as film character[7].
  • Tevye's Commons category is recorded as Tevye[8].
  • 1894 marks the founding of Tevye[9].
  • Tevye's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as Yiddish[10].
  • Tevye's present in work is recorded as Fiddler on the Roof[11].
  • Tevye's present in work is recorded as Fiddler on the Roof[12].
  • Tevye's present in work is recorded as Tevye and His Seven Daughters[13].
  • Tevye's present in work is recorded as Tevye the Milkman[14].
  • Tevye's title is recorded as {'lang': 'yi', 'text': 'טביה דער מילכיקער'}[15].

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Works and Contributions

Tevye is the creator of Sholem Aleichem[3].

Why It Matters

Tevye draws 1,494 Wikipedia views per month (fictional_human category, ranking #549 of 5,308).[2] He has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] He is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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