Ziggy Stardust
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Ziggy Stardust is David Bowie's iconic and androgynous alien rock-star persona central to his early-1970s glam rock era.
All labels observed (1)
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| Ziggy Stardust canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4363227 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Ziggy Stardust Context triple: [David Bowie, alterEgo, Ziggy Stardust]
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A.
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars is David Bowie's landmark 1972 concept album that tells the story of his androgynous alien rock-star alter ego, Ziggy Stardust, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential albums in rock history.
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B.
Diamond Dogs
"Diamond Dogs" is a 1974 concept album by David Bowie that blends dystopian themes with glam rock and proto-punk sounds.
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Rocket Man
"Rocket Man" is a humorous song by the satirical comic-strip band Pearls Before Swine, known for its folk-psychedelic style and cult following in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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D.
Rocket Man
Rocket Man is a British television drama series centered on a widowed father who builds a homemade rocket to launch his late wife's ashes into space.
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E.
Ashes to Ashes
Ashes to Ashes is a late, enigmatic stage play by Harold Pinter that explores memory, guilt, and complicity through fragmented dialogue and unsettling power dynamics between two characters.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ziggy Stardust Target entity description: Ziggy Stardust is David Bowie's iconic and androgynous alien rock-star persona central to his early-1970s glam rock era.
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A.
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars is David Bowie's landmark 1972 concept album that tells the story of his androgynous alien rock-star alter ego, Ziggy Stardust, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential albums in rock history.
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B.
Diamond Dogs
"Diamond Dogs" is a 1974 concept album by David Bowie that blends dystopian themes with glam rock and proto-punk sounds.
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C.
Rocket Man
"Rocket Man" is a humorous song by the satirical comic-strip band Pearls Before Swine, known for its folk-psychedelic style and cult following in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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D.
Rocket Man
Rocket Man is a British television drama series centered on a widowed father who builds a homemade rocket to launch his late wife's ashes into space.
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E.
Ashes to Ashes
Ashes to Ashes is a late, enigmatic stage play by Harold Pinter that explores memory, guilt, and complicity through fragmented dialogue and unsettling power dynamics between two characters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
alter ego
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fictional character ⓘ stage persona ⓘ |
| announcedRetirementBy | David Bowie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| announcedRetirementDate | 1973-07-03 ⓘ |
| announcedRetirementPlace | Hammersmith Odeon, London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedBand | Spiders from Mars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Moonage Daydream (song)
NERFINISHED
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Rock 'n' Roll Suicide (song) NERFINISHED ⓘ Starman (song) NERFINISHED ⓘ Suffragette City (song) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ Ziggy Stardust (song) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTo |
David Bowie's early-1970s image
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David Bowie's glam rock era ⓘ |
| characteristic |
alien rock star
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androgynous ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | David Bowie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalImpact |
icon of glam rock
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influential androgynous image in popular music ⓘ inspired later rock personas and artists ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceDate | 1972 ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceInWork | The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
glam rock
ⓘ
rock music ⓘ |
| hasFashionStyle |
glittery jumpsuits
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platform boots ⓘ theatrical makeup ⓘ |
| hasHairColor | bright red (dyed) ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Iggy Pop
NERFINISHED
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Japanese kabuki theatre ⓘ Lou Reed NERFINISHED ⓘ Vince Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ science fiction ⓘ |
| inUniverseBackstory |
faces impending apocalypse
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rock star sent to Earth to deliver a message of hope ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| mediaType | music concept character ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
extraterrestrial visitor
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rock messiah ⓘ |
| notableQuoteContext | "Not only the last show of the tour, but the last show that we'll ever do" (retirement announcement context) ⓘ |
| performedDuringTour | Ziggy Stardust Tour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | David Bowie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tourEndYear | 1973 ⓘ |
| tourStartYear | 1972 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ziggy Stardust Description of subject: Ziggy Stardust is David Bowie's iconic and androgynous alien rock-star persona central to his early-1970s glam rock era.
Referenced by (1)
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