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Tony Cliff

British activist (1917-2000)
Person human Q550453

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[14]
Date of birth
May 20, 1917
Date of death
April 9, 2000
Place of birth
Palestine, Zichron Yaakov[1][9]
Place of death
Greater London, London[3][10]
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[12][13]
Occupation
writer, journalist, politician, socialist
Member of political party
Socialist Workers Party[15]
Child
Donny Gluckstein[11]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[17]
Birth name
יגאל גליקשטיין[18]
Given name
Tony[16]
🏷️ Also known as
en Tony Cliff ar توني كليف de Ygael Gluckstein fa تونی کلیف fi Ygael Gluckstein he טוני קליף ko 토니 클리프 ru Клифф, Тони ru Тони Клифф zh 托尼·克里夫
🔖 Identifiers · 42
ISNI
000000011078840X
VIAF cluster ID
97737898
Library of Congress authority ID
n50028650
GND ID
129645885
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Tony Cliff, photo of Statue of Tony Cliff, by his widow Chanie Rosenberg (Concrete, 1990).jpg ↗
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
120562861
CANTIC ID
981058520817506706
CiNii Research ID
1140845216574684032
DDB person (GND) ID
129645885
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
129645885
EGAXA ID
vtls000904326
Encyclopedia of Marxism ID
people/c/l.htm#cliff-tony
Show all 42 identifiers +30
FAST ID
1427238
Freebase ID
/m/024fcq
Goodreads author ID
107415
IdRef ID
028801911
Koha Kütüphane ID
81650
Libraries Australia ID
36529897
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA00758341
NDL Authority ID
00436172
NL CR AUT ID
jx20080930005
NLA Trove people ID
1275270, 1166542
NUKAT ID
n96019371
National Library of Greece ID
184366
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007259651305171
National Library of Korea ID
KAC199605262
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810567061805606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1499203, XX1285652
National Virtual Library of India ID
370485
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
069634750
Open Library ID
OL81927A
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
74011
Pontifical University of Salamanca ID
1211882
SBN author ID
TO0V089361
SNAC ARK ID
w65g40tg
UK National Archives ID
F52624
UOM ID
58974
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058520817506706
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
a1312217
Unz Review author ID
GlucksteinYgael, CliffTony
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJfx9JdHm9TD8HwBQpFVG3
Yale LUX ID
person/d51a9ff3-01a6-4895-b1ab-e928e165de63

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Occupation 3
writer, politician, journalist
Country of citizenship 2
United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Founded entities 1
Socialist Workers Party
Given name 1
Tony
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Member of political party 1
Socialist Workers Party
Place of birth 1
Palestine
Place of death 1
Greater London
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Born in Palestine[1], he… he was born on May 20, 1917[2]. He died in Greater London[3]. He died on April 9, 2000[4]. He worked as a writer[5], journalist[6], politician[7], and socialist[8].

Body

Origins and Family

Recorded place of birth include Palestine[1], a region[19], in Israel[20] and Zichron Yaakov[9], a town[21], in Israel[22], founded in 1882[23].

Death and Burial

Recorded place of death include Greater London[3], a ceremonial county of England[24], in United Kingdom[25], founded in 1965[26] and London[10], a metropolis[27], in Roman Empire[28], founded in 0047[29].

FAQs

Where was Tony Cliff born?

Born in Palestine[1].

Where did Tony Cliff die?

Tony Cliff passed away in Greater London[3].

What did Tony Cliff do for work?

Tony Cliff worked as writer[5], journalist[6], politician[7], and socialist[8].

Related Entities

United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [14] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [2] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [4] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 4w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of death → Greater London, London
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'azb', 'ca', 'ckb', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'he', 'ko', 'pl'
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/57880|batch #57880]]: Import more precise places of birth, date from dewiki"
  2. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of birth → Palestine, Zichron Yaakov
    Occupation → writer, journalist, politician +1
    Birth name → {'lang': 'he', 'text': 'יגאל גליקשטיין'}
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