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Agent (685 facts / 471 unique)

Awards and honors (40,576 facts / 6,537 unique)

Birthdate (15,439 facts / 9,079 unique)

Burial location (1,571 facts / 1,239 unique)

Canonical name (6,310 facts / 5,924 unique)

Canonical title (22,955 facts / 20,684 unique)

Connections (0 facts / 0 unique)

Date of death (8,087 facts / 5,489 unique)

Description (12,328 facts / 11,593 unique)

Disambiguation notice (10,083 facts / 6,994 unique)

Education (11,323 facts / 3,979 unique)

First words (2,328 facts / 2,306 unique)

Gender (27,509 facts / 2 unique)

Important places (34,021 facts / 12,071 unique)

Last words (1,407 facts / 1,382 unique)

Nationality (13,611 facts / 490 unique)

Occupations (18,607 facts / 4,116 unique)

Organizations (7,271 facts / 3,777 unique)

Original publication date (40,420 facts / 3,216 unique)

People/Characters (120,076 facts / 66,239 unique)

Places of residence (21,670 facts / 7,148 unique)

Publisher's editor (3,764 facts / 947 unique)

Series (134,670 facts / 18,209 unique)

Short biography (1,904 facts / 1,886 unique)

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