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Yossarian

protagonist of Joseph Heller's satirical 1961 war novel Catch-22
Person Fictional Human Q4022919

Facts

10 properties
Instance of
fictional human, film character, literary character, television character[6][7][8]
Sex or gender
male[5]
Country of citizenship
United States[3]
Occupation
bombardier
Creator
Joseph Heller[4]
Given name
John[12]
Military branch
United States Army[9]
Military, police or special rank
captain[10]
Participated in conflict
World War II[11]
Present in work
Catch-22, Closing Time, Catch-22, Catch-22[13][14][15][16]
🏷️ Also known as
en Capt. John Yossarian en John Yossarian en Yossarian pl Yo-Yo
🔖 Identifiers · 2
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Captain-John-Yossarian
Freebase ID
/m/01rj9d

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Summary

Yossarian is a fictional human[1]. He worked as a bombardier[2].

FAQs

What did Yossarian do for work?

Yossarian worked as bombardier[2].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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