{
 "id": "umberto-eco-b7050d34",
 "name": "Umberto Eco",
 "kind": "person",
 "disambiguation": null,
 "identifiers": {
  "mbid": [
   "b7050d34-937c-4aa4-9291-66ed4d9c0f0e"
  ],
  "wikidata": [
   "Q12807"
  ],
  "isni": [
   "0000000122839390"
  ],
  "discogs": [
   "518283"
  ]
 },
 "aliases": [],
 "facts": {
  "area": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "Italy",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "b7050d34-937c-4aa4-9291-66ed4d9c0f0e",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "ref": "c6500277-9a3d-349b-bf30-41afdbf42add"
    }
   ]
  },
  "award": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "honorary doctor of the University of Tartu",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q12376540",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "honorary doctorate",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q11415564",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q50621171",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "honorary doctor of the University of Belgrade",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q87781782",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "Honorary doctor of the University of Liège",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q23700921",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "honorary doctor of Loyola University Chicago",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q68796930",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "honorary doctor of Rutgers University",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q105477187",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q10905235",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "Officer of the Legion of Honour",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q10855195",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "Princess of Asturias Award for Communications and Humanities",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q3323451",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "Strega Prize",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q731542",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "honorary doctorate of the University of Burgos",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q50615715",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "honorary doctor of Sofia University",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q59560494",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "Gold Medal of the Italian Order of Merit for Culture and Art",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q15284180",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "Q109986273",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q109986273",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "honorary doctor of the University of Athens",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q56239664",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "honorary doctorate from University of Paris-II",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q126416245",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "The VIZE 97 Prize",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q7771871",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "honorary doctor of the University of Kent",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q101085992",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "honorary doctor of the Sorbonne Nouvelle University",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q113532584",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q13452531",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "honorary doctor of the University of Uppsala",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q38040410",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "Honorary doctor of the Free University of Berlin",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q32331664",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "Prix Médicis étranger",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q3405076",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "honorary doctorate from Brown University",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q41795411",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "honorary doctorate of Grenoble-III University",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q126416286",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q15056034",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "Austrian State Prize for European Literature",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q698647",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "honorary doctor of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q30168724",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "honorary doctor of Tel Aviv University",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q42310166",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "honorary doctorate of the University of Glasgow",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q55149541",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "honorary doctor of the Marie and Louis Pasteur University",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q126416273",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "Cesare Pavese Prize",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q24941781",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "Honorary Doctorate of University of Buenos Aires",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q61792142",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q14539974",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "Bancarella Literary Prize",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q135653327",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "Q137385829",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q137385829",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "honorary doctor of the University of Łódź",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q67802762",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "begin_date": {
   "status": "multi_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "1932-01-05",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "b7050d34-937c-4aa4-9291-66ed4d9c0f0e",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "precision": "day"
    },
    {
     "value": "1932-01-05",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "precision": "day",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "begin_place": {
   "status": "multi_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "Alessandria",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "b7050d34-937c-4aa4-9291-66ed4d9c0f0e",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "ref": "b7f4b23e-5000-46fe-b66f-fc4ff14a4604"
    },
    {
     "value": "Alessandria",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q6088",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "citizenship": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "Kingdom of Italy",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q172579",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "Italy",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q38",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "country": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "IT",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "b7050d34-937c-4aa4-9291-66ed4d9c0f0e",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24"
    }
   ]
  },
  "description": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist (1932–2016)",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03"
    }
   ]
  },
  "end_date": {
   "status": "multi_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "2016-02-19",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "b7050d34-937c-4aa4-9291-66ed4d9c0f0e",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "precision": "day"
    },
    {
     "value": "2016-02-19",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "precision": "day",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "end_place": {
   "status": "multi_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "Milano",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "b7050d34-937c-4aa4-9291-66ed4d9c0f0e",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "ref": "d793f202-faf0-4de8-83e2-9ddfca54a35f"
    },
    {
     "value": "Milan",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q490",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "genre": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "essay",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q35760",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    }
   ]
  },
  "member_of": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q337580",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "College of 'Pataphysics",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q1371509",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "International Association for Semiotic Studies",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q2060013",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "American Academy of Arts and Letters",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q463281",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "CICAP",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q3648722",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q338432",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "occupation": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "medievalist",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q3332711",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "pedagogue",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q1231865",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "literary critic",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q4263842",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "literary scholar",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q17167049",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "screenwriter",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q28389",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "translator",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q333634",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "historian",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q201788",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "essayist",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q11774202",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "writer",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q36180",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "philosopher",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q4964182",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "semiologist",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q21694753",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "university teacher",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q1622272",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "novelist",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q12807",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-03",
     "ref": "Q6625963",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  }
 },
 "discography": [],
 "links": [
  {
   "kind": "IMDb",
   "url": "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0248767/"
  },
  {
   "kind": "VIAF",
   "url": "http://viaf.org/viaf/108299403"
  },
  {
   "kind": "discogs",
   "url": "https://www.discogs.com/artist/518283"
  },
  {
   "kind": "discogs listed",
   "url": "http://www.umbertoeco.com/"
  },
  {
   "kind": "discogs listed",
   "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umberto_Eco"
  },
  {
   "kind": "discogs listed",
   "url": "https://films.discogs.com/credit/125907-umberto-eco"
  },
  {
   "kind": "discogs listed",
   "url": "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0248767/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0"
  },
  {
   "kind": "image",
   "url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Umberto_Eco_04.jpg"
  },
  {
   "kind": "last.fm",
   "url": "https://www.last.fm/music/Umberto+Eco"
  },
  {
   "kind": "official homepage",
   "url": "http://umbertoeco.it"
  },
  {
   "kind": "official homepage",
   "url": "http://www.umbertoeco.it/"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "https://d-nb.info/gnd/11852884X"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "https://nla.gov.au/anbd.aut-an35607219"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n79-021285"
  },
  {
   "kind": "wikidata",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12807"
  },
  {
   "kind": "wikipedia",
   "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umberto_Eco"
  }
 ],
 "citation": {
  "canonical_url": "https://musiciandictionary.com/artist/umberto-eco-b7050d34",
  "cite_as": "Umberto Eco, Musician Dictionary, https://musiciandictionary.com/artist/umberto-eco-b7050d34",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/): free to use with credit",
  "sources": [
   {
    "name": "musicbrainz",
    "dump": "20261024-001001",
    "date": "2026-10-24",
    "license": "CC0 1.0 (core data; supplementary fields removed)"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-28T151314",
    "date": "2026-10-28",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-29T161131",
    "date": "2026-10-29",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-29T182648",
    "date": "2026-10-29",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-30T103005",
    "date": "2026-10-30",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-31T103005",
    "date": "2026-10-31",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-01T113005",
    "date": "2026-11-01",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-02T113003",
    "date": "2026-11-02",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-03T113003",
    "date": "2026-11-03",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-04T113007",
    "date": "2026-11-04",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-05T113005",
    "date": "2026-11-05",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-06T113005",
    "date": "2026-11-06",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-07T113005",
    "date": "2026-11-07",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   }
  ]
 }
}