William Alexander Smith

boxer (1904-1955)
Person human Q3129940
William Alexander Smith
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William Alexander Smith

Summary

William Alexander Smith is a human[1]. He was born in Johannesburg[2]. He was born on +1904-07-19T00:00:00Z[3]. He passed away in Johannesburg[4]. He died on +1955-12-20T00:00:00Z[5]. He worked as a boxer[6]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month, #7,299 of 1,000,298).[7]

Key Facts

  • William Alexander Smith was born in Johannesburg[2].
  • William Alexander Smith passed away in Johannesburg[4].
  • William Alexander Smith was born on +1904-07-19T00:00:00Z[3].
  • William Alexander Smith died on +1955-12-20T00:00:00Z[5].
  • William Alexander Smith held citizenship in South Africa[8].
  • William Alexander Smith worked as a boxer[6].
  • William Alexander Smith's image is recorded as William Alexander Smith (boxer), c. 1920s.JPG[9].
  • William Alexander Smith is recorded as male[10].
  • William Alexander Smith's instance of is recorded as human[11].
  • William Alexander Smith's Commons category is recorded as William Alexander Smith (boxer)[12].
  • William Alexander Smith's sport is recorded as boxing[13].
  • William Alexander Smith's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0h3023[14].
  • William Alexander Smith's family name is recorded as Smith[15].
  • William Alexander Smith's given name is recorded as William[16].
  • William Alexander Smith's given name is recorded as Alexander[17].
  • William Alexander Smith's participant in is recorded as boxing at the 1924 Summer Olympics – bantamweight[18].
  • William Alexander Smith's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as English[19].
  • William Alexander Smith's Sports-Reference.com Olympic athlete ID is recorded as sm/willie-smith-1[20].
  • William Alexander Smith's country for sport is recorded as South Africa[21].
  • William Alexander Smith's name in native language is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'William Smith'}[22].
  • William Alexander Smith's BoxRec boxer ID is recorded as 41779[23].
  • William Alexander Smith's sports discipline competed in is recorded as bantamweight[24].
  • William Alexander Smith's subject has role is recorded as Olympic competitor[25].
  • William Alexander Smith's WikiTree person ID is recorded as Smith-362952[26].
  • William Alexander Smith's Olympedia people ID is recorded as 7998[27].

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Origins and Family

William Alexander Smith's place of birth was Johannesburg[2]. He was born on +1904-07-19T00:00:00Z[3].

Career and Affiliations

William Alexander Smith's professions included boxer[6].

Death and Burial

William Alexander Smith died on +1955-12-20T00:00:00Z[5]. He died in Johannesburg[4].

Why It Matters

William Alexander Smith ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month, #7,299 of 1,000,298).[7] He has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] He is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

FAQs

Where was William Alexander Smith born?

Born in Johannesburg[2], William Alexander Smith…

Where did William Alexander Smith die?

William Alexander Smith died in Johannesburg[4].

What did William Alexander Smith do for work?

William Alexander Smith worked as boxer[6].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] . BoxRec. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] . wikidata.org.
  10. [5] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [7] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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