Yorick

character in Hamlet
Person theatrical_character Q1650633
Yorick
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Yorick

Summary

Yorick is a theatrical character[1]. He worked as a jester[2]. He draws 401 Wikipedia views per month (theatrical_character category, ranking #12 of 41).[3]

Key Facts

  • Yorick held citizenship in Kingdom of Denmark[4].
  • Yorick worked as a jester[2].
  • Yorick is the creator of William Shakespeare[5].
  • Yorick's image is recorded as Bernhardt Hamlet2.jpg[6].
  • Yorick is recorded as male[7].
  • Yorick's instance of is recorded as theatrical character[8].
  • Yorick's instance of is recorded as fictional human[9].
  • Yorick's performer is recorded as André Tchaikowsky[10].
  • Yorick's GND ID is recorded as 1053464916[11].
  • Yorick's Commons category is recorded as Yorick[12].
  • Yorick's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02753fc[13].
  • Yorick's given name is recorded as Yorick[14].
  • Yorick's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[15].
  • Yorick's present in work is recorded as Hamlet[16].
  • Yorick's different from is recorded as Yorick[17].
  • Yorick's different from is recorded as Yorick[18].

Body

Career and Affiliations

Yorick's professions included jester[2].

Works and Contributions

Yorick is the creator of William Shakespeare[5].

Why It Matters

Yorick draws 401 Wikipedia views per month (theatrical_character category, ranking #12 of 41).[3] He has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19]

FAQs

What did Yorick do for work?

Yorick worked as jester[2].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [2] . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [3] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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