Ham Fisher
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Ham Fisher was an American cartoonist best known as the creator of the popular boxing-themed comic strip "Joe Palooka."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ham Fisher canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7498456 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ham Fisher Context triple: [Palooka, basedOnAuthor, Ham Fisher]
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A.
Noel Fisher
Noel Fisher is a Canadian actor best known for his roles in television series such as Shameless and The Red Line, as well as films including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
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B.
Mike Fisher
Mike Fisher is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey center best known for his long NHL career with the Ottawa Senators and Nashville Predators.
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C.
Danny Fisher
Danny Fisher is the troubled yet charismatic young singer portrayed by Elvis Presley in the 1958 musical drama film "King Creole."
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D.
Joss Christensen
Joss Christensen is an American freestyle skier best known for winning the inaugural Olympic gold medal in men's slopestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
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E.
Fisher Stevens
Fisher Stevens is an American actor, director, and producer known for his work in film, television, and documentary filmmaking, including the Oscar-winning documentary "The Cove."
- 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: Ham Fisher Target entity description: Ham Fisher was an American cartoonist best known as the creator of the popular boxing-themed comic strip "Joe Palooka."
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A.
Noel Fisher
Noel Fisher is a Canadian actor best known for his roles in television series such as Shameless and The Red Line, as well as films including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
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B.
Mike Fisher
Mike Fisher is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey center best known for his long NHL career with the Ottawa Senators and Nashville Predators.
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C.
Danny Fisher
Danny Fisher is the troubled yet charismatic young singer portrayed by Elvis Presley in the 1958 musical drama film "King Creole."
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D.
Joss Christensen
Joss Christensen is an American freestyle skier best known for winning the inaugural Olympic gold medal in men's slopestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
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E.
Fisher Stevens
Fisher Stevens is an American actor, director, and producer known for his work in film, television, and documentary filmmaking, including the Oscar-winning documentary "The Cove."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cartoonist
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1950s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1920s ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | suicide ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| created | Joe Palooka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1900-09-24 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1955-12-27 ⓘ |
| employer | McNaught Syndicate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish Americans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Fisher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cartooning
ⓘ
newspaper comics ⓘ |
| genre |
boxing-themed comics
ⓘ
comic strip ⓘ |
| givenName | Ham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | American sports comics ⓘ |
| hasPartInTheNarrative | feud with Al Capp ⓘ |
| influencedBy | early 20th-century American boxing culture ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Ham Fisher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | professional dispute with cartoonist Al Capp ⓘ |
| notableFor | creating the boxing comic strip Joe Palooka ⓘ |
| notableWork | Joe Palooka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
cartoonist
ⓘ
comic strip creator ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | New York City ⓘ |
| publicationMedium | newspaper comic strip ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Marjorie Henderson Fisher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workFocus | sports-themed humor ⓘ |
| workLocation | New York City ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ham Fisher Description of subject: Ham Fisher was an American cartoonist best known as the creator of the popular boxing-themed comic strip "Joe Palooka."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.