Bill Maher
E201282
Bill Maher is an American comedian, political commentator, and television host known for his satirical takes on religion and politics, particularly through his show "Real Time with Bill Maher."
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bill Maher canonical | 16 |
| Bill Maher: #Adulting | 1 |
| Bill Maher: Be More Cynical | 1 |
| Bill Maher: Victory Begins at Home | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1796611 — 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: Bill Maher Context triple: [Richard Dawkins Award, notableRecipient, Bill Maher]
-
A.
Stephen Colbert
Stephen Colbert is an American comedian, writer, producer, political satirist, and television host best known for his work on "The Colbert Report" and "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert."
-
B.
Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart is an American comedian, writer, producer, and former host of "The Daily Show," widely known for his sharp political satire and influence on contemporary news comedy.
-
C.
Dennis Miller
Dennis Miller is an American stand-up comedian, talk show host, and actor known for his acerbic wit and work on Saturday Night Live and various political commentary programs.
-
D.
Steve Ross
Steve Ross was an American businessman best known for building Warner Communications into a media powerhouse and serving as a key architect of what became Time Warner.
-
E.
Colbert
Colbert is a French surname most famously associated with Jean-Baptiste Colbert, the influential 17th-century statesman who served as finance minister under King Louis XIV.
- 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: Bill Maher Target entity description: Bill Maher is an American comedian, political commentator, and television host known for his satirical takes on religion and politics, particularly through his show "Real Time with Bill Maher."
-
A.
Stephen Colbert
Stephen Colbert is an American comedian, writer, producer, political satirist, and television host best known for his work on "The Colbert Report" and "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert."
-
B.
Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart is an American comedian, writer, producer, and former host of "The Daily Show," widely known for his sharp political satire and influence on contemporary news comedy.
-
C.
Dennis Miller
Dennis Miller is an American stand-up comedian, talk show host, and actor known for his acerbic wit and work on Saturday Night Live and various political commentary programs.
-
D.
Steve Ross
Steve Ross was an American businessman best known for building Warner Communications into a media powerhouse and serving as a key architect of what became Time Warner.
-
E.
Colbert
Colbert is a French surname most famously associated with Jean-Baptiste Colbert, the influential 17th-century statesman who served as finance minister under King Louis XIV.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
ⓘ
comedian ⓘ film producer ⓘ human ⓘ political commentator ⓘ television host ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Primetime Emmy Award
ⓘ
linked to:
Primetime Emmy Awards
|
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creatorOf |
Politically Incorrect
ⓘ
Real Time with Bill Maher ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1956-01-20 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Cornell University
ⓘ
Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences ⓘ
linked to:
Cornell University
|
| employer |
ABC
ⓘ
HBO ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Irish American
ⓘ
Jewish American ⓘ |
| familyName | Maher ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
current events
ⓘ
politics ⓘ religion ⓘ |
| fullName | William Maher ⓘ |
| genre |
black comedy
ⓘ
observational comedy ⓘ political satire ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| hasReligion | agnosticism ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.billmaher.com/ ⓘ |
| hostOf |
Politically Incorrect
ⓘ
Real Time with Bill Maher ⓘ |
| knownFor |
panel discussions with guests on current events
ⓘ
satirical commentary on politics ⓘ satirical commentary on religion ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Series ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Politically Incorrect
ⓘ
Real Time with Bill Maher ⓘ Religulous ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
ⓘ
film producer ⓘ political pundit ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ stand-up comedian ⓘ television presenter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
New York
ⓘ
linked to:
New York City
New York City ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| politicalAlignment |
liberal
ⓘ
libertarian-leaning ⓘ |
| producerOf | Religulous ⓘ |
| residence |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
Los Angeles ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| starredIn | Religulous ⓘ |
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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Bill Maher Description of subject: Bill Maher is an American comedian, political commentator, and television host known for his satirical takes on religion and politics, particularly through his show "Real Time with Bill Maher."
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Bill Maher
linked to: Bill Maher
linked to: Bill Maher