Home › Entities › Human › Tom Turpin

Tom Turpin

American ragtime composer and saloon-keeper (1871-1922)
Person Human Q1345690
Tom Turpin
Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[10]
Date of birth
November 18, 1871
Date of death
August 13, 1922
Place of birth
Savannah
Place of death
St. Louis
Country of citizenship
United States[8]
Ethnic group
African Americans[9]
Occupation
composer, pianist
Genre
jazz[11]
Citizenship
United States
Described by source
Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians[15]
Family name
Turpin[12]
Given name
Tom[13]
Instrument
piano[14]
Place of burial
Saint Peter's Cemetery[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en Thomas Million John Turpin en Thomas Million Turpin en Tom Turpin cs Thomas Million John Turpin es Thomas Million John Turpin fi Thomas Million John Turpin fr Thomas Million Turpin fr Thomas Turpin tr Thomas Million John Turpin
🔖 Identifiers · 33
ISNI
0000000081467462
VIAF cluster ID
66733732
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n88006024
GND ID
129348341
AllMusic artist ID
mn0001868490
American National Biography ID
1803094
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
148436996
Carnegie Hall agent ID
1001958
Classical Archives composer ID
64499
DAHR artist ID
105784
Discogs artist ID
1424226
Europeana entity
agent/base/153150
Show all 33 identifiers +21
FAST ID
229346
Find a Grave memorial ID
22602
Freebase ID
/m/056w1b
GTAA ID
162355
IMSLP ID
Category:Turpin,_Tom
Library of Congress JukeBox ID (former scheme)
2156
MusicBrainz artist ID
b35fb3cc-baca-4241-bd05-6b54ac730657
Musicalics composer ID
100541
Mutopia composer ID
TurpinT
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000281286
NL CR AUT ID
xx0171959
NUKAT ID
n2013148569
National Library of Latvia ID
000256480
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
08978748X
Obálky knih ID
xx0171959
OpenMLOL author ID
302574
Prabook ID
1782277
SNAC ARK ID
w6jf2d57
SecondHandSongs artist ID
168897
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJgmMHMMbqhw4vfD9Dt7pP
Yale LUX ID
person/2450d37c-d5ad-4c36-a38f-215b6b442610

Report an error or request removal Lineage (PROV-JSON)

🔗 Connections
Occupation 2
composer, pianist
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Ethnic group 1
African Americans
Genre 1
jazz
Given name 1
Tom
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
piano
Place of birth 1
Savannah
Place of death 1
St. Louis
Sex or gender 1
male
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

Tom Turpin's place of birth was Savannah[1]. He was born on November 18, 1871[2]. He passed away in St. Louis[3]. He died on August 13, 1922[4]. He worked as a composer[5] and pianist[6].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[16]

  • Country: US[17]

  • Began / founded: 1871-11-18[18]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1922-08-13[19]

  • Genre(s): jazz[20]

  • Community tags: jazz[21]

  • MusicBrainz ID: b35fb3cc-baca-4241-bd05-6b54ac730657[22]

FAQs

Where was Tom Turpin born?

Tom Turpin was born in Savannah[1].

Where did Tom Turpin die?

Tom Turpin passed away in St. Louis[3].

What did Tom Turpin do for work?

Tom Turpin worked as composer[5] and pianist[6].

Related Entities

United States

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . Find a Grave. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . African American Registry. Retrieved . aaregistry.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [2] ↑ . Find a Grave. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [4] ↑ . Find a Grave. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Tom Turpin. Retrieved November 12, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/tom-turpin
MLA “Tom Turpin.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 12 Nov. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/tom-turpin.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_tom-turpin_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Tom Turpin}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/tom-turpin}, note = {Accessed: 2026-11-12}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Tom Turpin — https://4ort.xyz/entity/tom-turpin (retrieved 2026-11-12)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/tom-turpin · Last refreshed: