Richard (given name)
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Richard is a traditional masculine given name of Germanic origin, widely used in English and other European languages and borne by numerous historical figures, including kings and saints.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Richard (given name) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18252543 — 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: Richard (given name) Context triple: [Ritchie (given name), isVariantOf, Richard (given name)]
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John
John is the given name of the late American comedian and actor John Belushi, famed for his work on "Saturday Night Live" and in films like "Animal House" and "The Blues Brothers."
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B.
John
John is the given name of John Eager Howard, an American Revolutionary War officer and early political leader from Maryland.
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John
John is the given name of John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, an American physicist and Nobel laureate known for his pioneering work in quantum mechanics and magnetism.
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John
John is the given name of John Ireland, an Irish-born American actor and film director known for his roles in classic Hollywood cinema.
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John
John is the given name of Sir John Kingman, a prominent British mathematician and statistician known for his work in probability theory and population genetics.
- 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: Richard (given name) Target entity description: Richard is a traditional masculine given name of Germanic origin, widely used in English and other European languages and borne by numerous historical figures, including kings and saints.
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John
John is traditionally regarded as the author of the New Testament’s Book of Revelation, a prophetic and apocalyptic text in Christian scripture.
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John
John is the given name of the late American comedian and actor John Belushi, famed for his work on "Saturday Night Live" and in films like "Animal House" and "The Blues Brothers."
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C.
John
John is the given name of John A. Macdonald, the first prime minister of Canada and a key figure in the country's Confederation.
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John
John is the given name of John M. Grunsfeld, an American physicist, former NASA astronaut, and leader in space science and exploration.
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E.
John
John II Casimir Vasa was a 17th-century King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from the Swedish House of Vasa.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.