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Thomas Butler

British tug of war Olympian (1871–1928)
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Summary

Thomas Butler was born on December 10, 1871[1], in County Waterford[2]. He died on August 20, 1928[3], in Northwich[4]. He worked as an athlete[5]. He has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: United Kingdom[7]
  • Sex or gender: male[8]
  • Sport: tug of war[9]
  • Family name: Butler[10]
  • Given name: Thomas[11]
  • Participant in: 1908 Summer Olympics[12]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: English[13]

Why It Matters

Thomas Butler is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

FAQs

Where was Thomas Butler born?

Thomas Butler was born in County Waterford[2].

Where did Thomas Butler die?

Thomas Butler passed away in Northwich[4].

What did Thomas Butler do for work?

Thomas Butler worked as an athlete[5].

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . sports-reference.com. sports-reference.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [1] ↑ . sports-reference.com. sports-reference.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . sports-reference.com. sports-reference.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 18d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of death → Northwich
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ca', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'hu', 'it', 'no', 'pl', 'ru']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56926|batch #56926]]: Import places of birth, death from dewiki"
  2. 21d ago · Kevin Scannell · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sport → tug of war
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Sport: tug of war"
  3. 14w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-07-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Participant in → 1908 Summer Olympics
    Family name → Butler
    Languages spoken, written or signed → English
    Country of citizenship → United Kingdom
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Prabook id: 1848160, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/260016|batch #260016]]"
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