John
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John is the baptismal name of Clement Mary Hofbauer, an 18th–19th century Redemptorist priest and canonized saint known for his missionary work in Central Europe.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20120345 — 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: John Context triple: [Clement Mary Hofbauer, baptismalName, John]
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John
John is the given first name of Johnny Kilbane, an American featherweight boxing champion from the early 20th century.
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John
John is the given name of John Williams Walker, an early 19th-century American politician and U.S. Senator from Alabama.
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John
John is the given first name of the 19th-century English theologian and social reformer Frederick Denison Maurice.
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John
John Ross is a personal name shared by various notable individuals across history, including leaders, politicians, and public figures.
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John
John is the first name of American actor and musician John Stamos, best known for his role as Uncle Jesse on the television series "Full House."
- 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: John Target entity description: John is the baptismal name of Clement Mary Hofbauer, an 18th–19th century Redemptorist priest and canonized saint known for his missionary work in Central Europe.
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John
John is the given name of Saint John Berchmans, a young 17th-century Jesuit scholastic venerated in the Catholic Church for his piety and dedication to religious life.
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John
John is the given name of Saint John of Capistrano, a 15th-century Franciscan friar renowned as a preacher, theologian, and leader in the defense of Belgrade.
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C.
John
John is the given name of Saint John of Nepomuk, a 14th-century Bohemian priest venerated as a martyr and patron saint of confessors.
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John
John is the given name of Father John DuBois, a French-born Catholic priest who became an influential bishop in the early United States.
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E.
John
John is the given name of John Baptist Purcell, a 19th-century Irish-American Roman Catholic archbishop of Cincinnati.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.