Wallace

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English-language surname Scottish knight Scottish surname actor basketball player essayist evolutionary biologist human naturalist novelist politician screenwriter surname television journalist writer

Wallace is a common English and Scottish surname borne by numerous notable figures in politics, science, and the arts.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	English-language surname → Scottish knight → Scottish surname → actor → basketball player → essayist → evolutionary biologist → human → human → human → human → human → human → human → human → human → human → naturalist → novelist → politician → politician → screenwriter → surname → television journalist → writer →
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Scotland → United Kingdom → United Kingdom → United States of America → United States of America → United States of America → United States of America → United States of America → United States of America → United States of America →
derivedFrom	Anglo-Norman French "waleis" → Old French word "waleis" →
diedIn	London →
hasEtymologicalMeaning	Welshman → foreigner →
hasGivenName	William →
hasLanguageOfOrigin	English → Old French → Scots →
hasNotableBearer	Alfred Russel Wallace → Ben Wallace → David Foster Wallace → Dee Wallace → Edgar Wallace → George Wallace → Henry A. Wallace → Mike Wallace → Randall Wallace → Sir William Wallace of Elderslie → William Wallace →
hasRegionOfOrigin	England → Scotland →
hasVariant	Wallacek → Wallach → Wallis →
isUsedIn	Australia → Canada → English-speaking countries → Scotland → United States of America →
knownFor	crime novels → independently conceiving the theory of evolution by natural selection → leading the Scottish resistance against English rule → novel "Infinite Jest" → playing in the National Basketball Association → work on the TV program "60 Minutes" → writing the film "Braveheart" →
positionHeld	Governor of Alabama → Vice President of the United States →
usedAs	family name → surname →

Referenced by (24)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alfred Russel Wallace → Christopher Jordan Wallace → David Foster Wallace → Edgar Wallace → Elizabeth Virginia Wallace → George Wallace → Henry A. Wallace → Henry Agard Wallace → Henry Cantwell Wallace → Ilo Browne Wallace → John William Wallace → Lurleen Wallace → Madge Gates Wallace → Mike Wallace → Oliver Wallace → Perry Wallace → Rasheed Wallace → T'yanna Wallace →	familyName
Bill Rowling → Wallace Clement Sabine → Wallace H. White Jr. → Wallace Harrison → Wallace Thurman →	givenName
Margaret Gates Wallace →	family name