Wild Bill Davison

American jazz musician (1906–1989)
Person human Q2570296
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Wild Bill Davison

Summary

Wild Bill Davison is a human[1]. His place of birth was Defiance[2]. He was born on January 5, 1906[3]. He died in Santa Barbara[4]. He died on November 14, 1989[5]. He worked as a jazz musician[6], cornetist[7], and bandleader[8]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (30 views/month, #7,282 of 1,000,298).[9]

Key Facts

  • Wild Bill Davison was born in Defiance[2].
  • Wild Bill Davison passed away in Santa Barbara[4].
  • Wild Bill Davison was born on January 5, 1906[3].
  • Wild Bill Davison died on November 14, 1989[5].
  • Wild Bill Davison held citizenship in United States[10].
  • Wild Bill Davison worked as a jazz musician[6].
  • Wild Bill Davison worked as a cornetist[7].
  • Wild Bill Davison's professions included bandleader[8].
  • Wild Bill Davison is recorded as male[11].
  • Wild Bill Davison's instance of is recorded as human[12].
  • Wild Bill Davison's genre is jazz[13].
  • Wild Bill Davison's record label is recorded as Blue Note[14].
  • Wild Bill Davison's Commons category is recorded as Bill Davison[15].
  • Wild Bill Davison's family name is recorded as Davison[16].
  • Wild Bill Davison's given name is recorded as William[17].
  • Wild Bill Davison's given name is recorded as Edward[18].
  • Wild Bill Davison's instrument is recorded as trumpet[19].
  • Wild Bill Davison's instrument is recorded as cornet[20].
  • Wild Bill Davison's nickname is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Wild Bill'}[21].

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[22]

  • Country: US[23]

  • Began / founded: 1906-01-05[24]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1989-11-14[25]

  • Genre(s): dixieland, jazz[26]

  • Community tags: dixieland, jazz[27]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 9a28858b-f931-4bc0-810d-f7274c1c3d8a[28]

Body

Origins and Family

Born in Defiance[2], Wild Bill Davison… he was born on January 5, 1906[3].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include jazz musician[6], cornetist[7], and bandleader[8].

Death and Burial

Wild Bill Davison died on November 14, 1989[5]. He passed away in Santa Barbara[4].

Why It Matters

Wild Bill Davison ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (30 views/month, #7,282 of 1,000,298).[9] He has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] He is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

FAQs

Where was Wild Bill Davison born?

Born in Defiance[2], Wild Bill Davison…

Where did Wild Bill Davison die?

Wild Bill Davison died in Santa Barbara[4].

What did Wild Bill Davison do for work?

Wild Bill Davison worked as jazz musician[6], cornetist[7], and bandleader[8].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . Grove Music Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Grove Music Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [11] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] . Grove Music Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] . Grove Music Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] . Grove Music Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] . Grove Music Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] . wikidata.org.
  12. [3] . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [5] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Grove Music Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Grove Music Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Grove Music Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Grove Music Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Grove Music Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Grove Music Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [23] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [25] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [26] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [27] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [9] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.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). Wild Bill Davison. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/wild-bill-davison
MLA “Wild Bill Davison.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/wild-bill-davison.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_wild-bill-davison_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Wild Bill Davison}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/wild-bill-davison}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Wild Bill Davison — https://4ort.xyz/entity/wild-bill-davison (retrieved 2026-04-10)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/wild-bill-davison · Last refreshed: