Zoltan Istvan

American writer, futurist, philosopher and transhumanist

Person human Q16214455

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Facts

14 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[13]
Date of birth: March 30, 1973
Place of birth: Los Angeles
Country of citizenship: United States^[8]
Occupation: writer, futurist, philosopher, politician, novelist, journalist, author^[9]^[10]
Educated at: Columbia University^[11]
Religion or worldview: atheism^[12]
Member of political party: Libertarian Party^[14]
Official website: zoltanistvan.com^[19]
Family name: Istvan, István^[15]^[16]
Given name: Zoltan, Zoltán^[17]^[18]
Has written for: Transhumanist Media^[20]
Social media followers: 23k (23k–24k, n=4)^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24]

🏷️ Also known as

en Zoltan Istvan en Zoltan Istvan Gyurko es Zoltan Istvan Gyurko fa زولتان ایشتوان hu Gyurkó Zoltán István hu István Zoltán hu Zoltan Istvan Gyurko ja ゾルタン・イストヴァン ko 졸탄 이슈트반 ko 졸탄 이스트반 ko 졸탄 이슈트반 주르코 pl Zoltan Istvan Gyurko ru Золтан Иштван ru Иштван, Золтан tr Zoltan Istvan Gyurko zh 佐爾坦·伊斯特凡

🔖 Identifiers · 26

ISNI: 0000000433504950
VIAF cluster ID: 308181145
Library of Congress authority ID: no2014031307
GND ID: 1065907400
Facebook username: TheTranshumanistWager, ZoltanGIstvan
Freebase ID: /m/0zrpfct
Goodreads author ID: 7032826
Google+ ID: 101457828255104035246
IMDb ID: nm7193091, nm8374608
Instagram username: zoltan_istvan
Kinopoisk person ID: 5235029
Kinorium person ID: 4613573

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LinkedIn personal profile ID: zoltan-istvan-78aa2964
NUKAT ID: n2006089860
Open Library ID: OL8346854A
Our Campaigns candidate ID: 379293
Podchaser creator ID: 107Zzr2hi4
Podchaser creator numeric ID: 7118
Quora topic ID: Zoltan-Istvan
TMDB person ID: 1462567
VK username: zoltanistvan
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJgmPwgxWYrmFc8qCRMkjC
X (Twitter) username: zoltan_istvan
Yale LUX ID: person/8121ea92-bb0d-43da-b51d-7eed7d4a4d42
YouTube channel ID: UCQgqiBSfyZZ7_7kaFNA9biA
YouTube handle: zoltanistvan

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Occupation 5

writer, politician, philosopher, novelist, futurist

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Educated at 1

Columbia University

Given name 1

Zoltán

Has written for 1

Transhumanist Media

Instance of 1

human

Member of political party 1

Libertarian Party

Place of birth 1

Los Angeles

Religion or worldview 1

atheism

Sex or gender 1

male

← Candidate 1

2020 United States presidential election

← Contributor to the creative work or subject 1

Transhumanist Media

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Summary

Zoltan Istvan was born on March 30, 1973^[1], in Los Angeles^[2]. He has worked as a writer^[3], futurist^[4], philosopher^[5], politician^[6], and novelist^[7].

FAQs

Where was Zoltan Istvan born?

Zoltan Istvan was born in Los Angeles^[2].

What did Zoltan Istvan do for work?

Zoltan Istvan worked as a writer^[3], futurist^[4], philosopher^[5], politician^[6], and novelist^[7].

Where did Zoltan Istvan go to school?

Zoltan Istvan was educated at Columbia University^[11].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Zoltan Istvan — place of birth (P19): Los Angeles. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Zoltan Istvan — sex or gender (P21): male. Podchaser. Retrieved 2021-01-00. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Zoltan Istvan — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Zoltan Istvan — educated at (P69): Columbia University. LinkedIn. Retrieved 2021-12-23. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Zoltan Istvan — member of political party (P102): Libertarian Party. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Zoltan Istvan — occupation (P106): writer. transhumanist.media. Retrieved 2026-03-23. transhumanist.media. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Zoltan Istvan — occupation (P106): futurist. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Zoltan Istvan — occupation (P106): philosopher. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Zoltan Istvan — occupation (P106): politician. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Zoltan Istvan — occupation (P106): novelist. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Zoltan Istvan — occupation (P106): journalist. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Zoltan Istvan — occupation (P106): author. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Zoltan Istvan — religion or worldview (P140): atheism. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Zoltan Istvan — date of birth (P569): March 30, 1973. Podchaser. Retrieved 2021-01-00. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Zoltan Istvan — family name (P734): Istvan. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Zoltan Istvan — family name (P734): István. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Zoltan Istvan — given name (P735): Zoltan. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Zoltan Istvan — given name (P735): Zoltán. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Zoltan Istvan — official website (P856): http://zoltanistvan.com/. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Zoltan Istvan — has written for (P6872): Transhumanist Media. transhumanist.media. Retrieved 2026-03-23. transhumanist.media. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Zoltan Istvan — social media followers (P8687): 24,326. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Zoltan Istvan — social media followers (P8687): 23,856. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Zoltan Istvan — social media followers (P8687): 23,932. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Zoltan Istvan — social media followers (P8687): 23,350. wikidata.org.

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Member of political party → Libertarian Party

Occupation → writer, futurist, philosopher +4

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