William Penn Adair Rogers

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columnist cowboy film actor human humorist radio personality social commentator stage actor vaudeville performer writer

William Penn Adair Rogers, better known as Will Rogers, was a famed American humorist, social commentator, vaudeville performer, and film actor renowned for his folksy wit and political satire in the early 20th century.

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William Penn Adair Rogers canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf columnist ⓘ
cowboy ⓘ
film actor ⓘ
human ⓘ
humorist ⓘ
radio personality ⓘ
social commentator ⓘ
stage actor ⓘ
vaudeville performer ⓘ
writer ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1935 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1900 ⓘ
burialPlace Will Rogers Memorial Museum, Claremore, Oklahoma ⓘ
causeOfDeath airplane crash ⓘ
child Fred Stone Rogers ⓘ
James Blake Rogers ⓘ
Mary Amelia Rogers ⓘ
Will Rogers Jr. ⓘ
citizenship United States of America ⓘ
countryOfBirth United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1879-11-04 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1935-08-15 ⓘ
dateOfMarriage 1908-11-25 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma ⓘ
surface form: Cherokee Nation
familyName Rogers ⓘ
fieldOfWork entertainment ⓘ
film ⓘ
journalism ⓘ
radio ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
genre humor ⓘ
political satire ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
hasHonor National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum honoree ⓘ
Oklahoma Hall of Fame inductee ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
mannerOfDeath aviation accident ⓘ
middleName Penn Adair ⓘ
movement vaudeville ⓘ
name Will Rogers ⓘ
William Penn Adair Rogers self-link ⓘ
notableFor folksy wit ⓘ
political satire ⓘ
notableWork A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court ⓘ
surface form: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (film appearance)

Judge Priest ⓘ
Life Begins at 40 ⓘ
Steamboat Round the Bend ⓘ
The Will Rogers Follies ⓘ
occupation columnist ⓘ
cowboy ⓘ
film actor ⓘ
humorist ⓘ
radio personality ⓘ
social commentator ⓘ
stage actor ⓘ
vaudeville performer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Cherokee Nation (historical) ⓘ
surface form: Cherokee Nation

Oologah, Indian Territory, United States ⓘ
surface form: Oologah, Indian Territory
placeOfDeath near Point Barrow, Alaska ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
residence California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Oklahoma ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Betty Blake ⓘ

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Will Rogers → birthName → William Penn Adair Rogers ⓘ
William Penn Adair Rogers → name → William Penn Adair Rogers self-link ⓘ