Parks

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Parks is a common English-language surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as politics, civil rights, sports, and the arts.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Parks canonical 12
Park 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf family name
human
human
human
human
human
human
surname
category English-language surnames
occupational surnames
patronymic surnames
citizenship United States of America
United States of America
United States of America
dateOfBirth 1913-02-04
dateOfDeath 2005-10-24
derivedFrom Park (topographic name)
etymologyNote often originally denoted someone who lived or worked near a park
familyName Parks
Parks
Parks
Parks
givenName Parks
Rosa
hasVariant Park
Parkes
languageOfOrigin English
movement American civil rights movement
notableBearer Gordon Parks
Michael Parks
Parks P. Goff
Raymond Parks
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks
linked to: Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks
notableFor Montgomery bus boycott
occupation actor
barber
civil rights activist
civil rights activist
film director
photographer
politician
writer
placeOfBirth Tuskegee, Alabama, United States
placeOfDeath Detroit, Michigan, United States
linked to: Detroit
sameAs Rosa Parks
spouse Raymond Parks
Rosa Parks
usedAs given name (rare)
usedInLanguage English

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Referenced by (13)

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

Van Dyke Parks familyName Parks
Rosa Parks familyName Parks
James Park familyName Park
linked to: Parks
Gordon Parks familyName Parks
Van Dyke Parks familyName Parks
subject linked to: Van Dyke
Rosa Parks familyName Parks
subject linked to: Parks
Raymond Parks familyName Parks
subject linked to: Parks
Michael Parks familyName Parks
subject linked to: Parks
Gordon Parks familyName Parks
subject linked to: Parks
Parks P. Goff givenName Parks
subject linked to: Parks
Raymond Parks familyName Parks
Gordon Parks familyName Parks