Blair

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Blair is the surname of Ezell Blair Jr., a civil rights activist best known as one of the Greensboro Four who initiated the 1960 Woolworth's lunch counter sit-ins.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Blair canonical 9

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Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf family name
surname
category English-language surnames
Scottish surnames
toponymic surnames
countryOfPrevalence England
Scotland
United States of America
surface form: United States
derivedFrom Scottish place name
etymology from Scottish Gaelic blàr
genderAssociation unisex surname
hasDisambiguation Blair (disambiguation)
Blair (surname)
hasNotableBearer Betsy Blair NERFINISHED
Bonnie Blair
Cherie Blair
George Orwell
surface form: Eric Blair (George Orwell)

Ezell Blair Jr.
Francis Preston Blair
Hugh Blair
Ian Blair
James Blair
surface form: James Blair (clergyman)

John Blair (architect)
John Blair Jr.
Linda Blair
Montgomery Blair
Robert Blair
surface form: Robert Blair (poet)

Selma Blair
Tony Blair
William Blair (publisher)
hasVariant Ashlea
surface form: Blaire

Blare
languageOfOrigin English
Scottish Gaelic
meaning field
plain
notableContext used by civil rights activist Ezell Blair Jr., one of the Greensboro Four
relatedGivenName Blair (given name)
script Latin alphabet
usedAs given name
surname
usedBy Ezell Blair Jr.

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

James Blair familyName Blair
Cherie Blair familyName Blair
Selma Blair familyName Blair
Ron Blair familyName Blair
Ezell familyName Blair
subject surface form: Ezell Blair Jr.
Jibreel Khazan familyName Blair
John Blair Sr. familyName Blair