Walter Ostanek

Canadian musician
Person human Q7965754
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Walter Ostanek

Summary

Walter Ostanek is a human[1]. He was born in Duparquet[2]. He was born on April 20, 1935[3]. He worked as a musician[4]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (128 views/month, #7,256 of 1,000,298).[5]

Key Facts

  • Walter Ostanek's place of birth was Duparquet[2].
  • Walter Ostanek was born on April 20, 1935[3].
  • Walter Ostanek held citizenship in Canada[6].
  • Walter Ostanek's professions included musician[4].
  • Walter Ostanek received the Member of the Order of Canada[7].
  • Walter Ostanek received the Canada's Walk of Fame[8].
  • Walter Ostanek is recorded as male[9].
  • Walter Ostanek's instance of is recorded as human[10].
  • Walter Ostanek's genre is polka[11].
  • Walter Ostanek's Commons category is recorded as Walter Ostanek[12].
  • Walter Ostanek's family name is recorded as Ostanek[13].
  • Walter Ostanek's given name is recorded as Walter[14].
  • Walter Ostanek's official website is recorded as http://walterostanekband.com/[15].
  • Walter Ostanek's instrument is recorded as accordion[16].
  • Walter Ostanek's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as Slovene[17].
  • Walter Ostanek's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as English[18].
  • Walter Ostanek's start of work period is recorded as 1936[19].

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[20]

  • Country: CA[21]

  • Began / founded: 1935-04-30[22]

  • MusicBrainz ID: bf9077b2-cd10-4a78-b3b2-72da21474a3f[23]

Body

Origins and Family

Born in Duparquet[2], Walter Ostanek… he was born on April 20, 1935[3].

Career and Affiliations

Walter Ostanek's professions included musician[4].

Recognition

Awards received include Member of the Order of Canada[7], a grade of an order[24], in Canada[25] and Canada's Walk of Fame[8], a street[26], in Canada[27], founded in 1998[28].

Why It Matters

Walter Ostanek ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (128 views/month, #7,256 of 1,000,298).[5]

FAQs

Where was Walter Ostanek born?

Walter Ostanek was born in Duparquet[2].

What did Walter Ostanek do for work?

Walter Ostanek worked as musician[4].

What awards did Walter Ostanek receive?

Honors received include Member of the Order of Canada[7] and Canada's Walk of Fame[8].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] . Discogs. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [23] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [5] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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