William F. Cody

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American Old West figure folk hero frontiersman human scout showman

William F. Cody, better known as "Buffalo Bill," was a famed American scout, showman, and frontiersman who became a legendary figure of the Old West.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Buffalo Bill Cody	5
Buffalo Bill	1
“Buffalo Bill” Cody	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Old West figure ⓘ folk hero ⓘ frontiersman ⓘ human ⓘ scout ⓘ showman ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	William F. Cody ⓘ surface form: Buffalo Bill
awardReceived	Medal of Honor ⓘ
collaboratedWith	Annie Oakley ⓘ Sitting Bull ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1846-02-26 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1917-01-10 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	European American ⓘ
familyName	Cody ⓘ
founded	Buffalo Bill's Wild West ⓘ
genre	Wild West show ⓘ
givenName	William ⓘ
hasMonument	Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave, Lookout Mountain ⓘ
hasMuseum	Buffalo Bill Center of the West ⓘ surface form: Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Cody, Wyoming
hasPartInShow	buffalo hunts ⓘ sharpshooting exhibitions ⓘ staged reenactments of frontier battles ⓘ
influenced	popular culture depictions of Native Americans ⓘ popular culture depictions of cowboys ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
militaryBranch	Union Army ⓘ United States Army ⓘ
namesakeOf	Cody, Wyoming, United States ⓘ surface form: Cody, Wyoming
notableFor	popularizing the mythology of the American West ⓘ touring Europe with a Wild West show ⓘ touring the United States with a Wild West show ⓘ
notableWork	Buffalo Bill's Wild West ⓘ
occupation	actor ⓘ bison hunter ⓘ scout ⓘ showman ⓘ soldier ⓘ
participantIn	American Civil War ⓘ United States–Native American wars ⓘ surface form: Indian Wars
placeOfBirth	Le Claire, Iowa Territory, United States ⓘ
placeOfBurial	Lookout Mountain, Colorado, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Denver, Colorado, United States ⓘ
portrayedBy	Joel McCrea ⓘ Paul Newman ⓘ
religion	Methodism ⓘ
residence	North Platte, Nebraska ⓘ surface form: North Platte, Nebraska, United States
sexOrGender	male ⓘ

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

William F. Cody → alsoKnownAs → William F. Cody ⓘ

this entity surface form: Buffalo Bill

North Platte, Nebraska → associatedWith → William F. Cody ⓘ