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William Ray

American opera singer and actor
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Summary

William Ray was born on April 10, 1925[1], in Lexington[2]. He died on July 3, 2019[3], in Columbia[4]. He worked as an opera singer[5] and film actor[6].

Key Facts

  • Date of birth: 1935[7]
  • Country of citizenship: United States[8]
  • Sex or gender: male[9]
  • Voice type: baritone[10]
  • Family name: Ray[11]
  • Given name: William[12]
  • Instrument: voice[13]
  • P14750: DDDD-C95D-B6B6-F756-FDF1[14]

FAQs

Where was William Ray born?

William Ray was born in Lexington[2].

Where did William Ray die?

William Ray died in Columbia[4].

What did William Ray do for work?

William Ray worked as an opera singer[5] and film actor[6].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . baltimoresun.com. Retrieved . baltimoresun.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . baltimoresun.com. Retrieved . baltimoresun.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . baltimoresun.com. Retrieved . baltimoresun.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5d ago · Kolja21 · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Date of birth → +1925-04-10T00:00:00Z, +1935-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Gnd id → 1329544145
    Imdb id → nm0348652, nm0713039
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Date of birth: 1935"
  2. 5d ago · Kolja21 · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmportal id → 8f6b50f61183471192e925daa5afaad5
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Filmportal id: 8f6b50f61183471192e925daa5afaad5"
  3. 6d ago · Printstream · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 1
    Wikipedia languages → ['de']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||de */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/57985|batch #57985]]: Import missing aliases from dewiki 2/3"
  4. 8w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sex or gender → male
    Google knowledge graph id → /g/11hbgj8f2v
    Voice type → baritone
    Imdb id → nm0348652, nm0713039
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/47163|batch #47163]]: HAND ID (14)"
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