Endre Ernő Friedmann
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Endre Ernő Friedmann, better known as Robert Capa, was a renowned Hungarian-American war photographer and photojournalist famous for his powerful images of 20th-century conflicts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Endre Ernő Friedmann canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4906407 — 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: Endre Ernő Friedmann Context triple: [Robert Capa, birthName, Endre Ernő Friedmann]
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A.
Gustav Born
Gustav Born was a British pharmacologist and medical researcher known for his pioneering work on blood platelets and thrombosis.
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B.
Emil Wolf
Emil Wolf was a Czech-American physicist renowned for his pioneering contributions to physical optics and co-authoring the seminal textbook "Principles of Optics."
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C.
Eduard Holtzman
Eduard Holtzman was one of the defendants prosecuted in the 1936 Soviet "Trial of the Sixteen," a major Stalinist show trial targeting alleged members of the Trotskyist opposition.
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D.
Felix Bernstein
Felix Bernstein was a German mathematician known for his work in set theory and contributions to the foundations of mathematics.
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E.
Emil Fieldorf
Emil Fieldorf was a Polish brigadier general and prominent resistance leader during World War II, best known for his high-ranking role in the underground struggle against Nazi occupation and his later persecution by the communist regime.
- 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: Endre Ernő Friedmann Target entity description: Endre Ernő Friedmann, better known as Robert Capa, was a renowned Hungarian-American war photographer and photojournalist famous for his powerful images of 20th-century conflicts.
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A.
Gustav Born
Gustav Born was a British pharmacologist and medical researcher known for his pioneering work on blood platelets and thrombosis.
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B.
Emil Wolf
Emil Wolf was a Czech-American physicist renowned for his pioneering contributions to physical optics and co-authoring the seminal textbook "Principles of Optics."
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C.
Eduard Holtzman
Eduard Holtzman was one of the defendants prosecuted in the 1936 Soviet "Trial of the Sixteen," a major Stalinist show trial targeting alleged members of the Trotskyist opposition.
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D.
Felix Bernstein
Felix Bernstein was a German mathematician known for his work in set theory and contributions to the foundations of mathematics.
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E.
Emil Fieldorf
Emil Fieldorf was a Polish brigadier general and prominent resistance leader during World War II, best known for his high-ranking role in the underground struggle against Nazi occupation and his later persecution by the communist regime.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hungarian-American
ⓘ
human ⓘ photojournalist ⓘ war photographer ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
André Friedmann
ⓘ
Robert Capa ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Amawalk Hill Cemetery
ⓘ
Yorktown Heights, New York ⓘ
linked to:
Yorktown, New York
|
| causeOfDeath | landmine explosion ⓘ |
| coFounderOf | Magnum Photos ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth |
Austria-Hungary
ⓘ
linked to:
Austro-Hungarian Empire
|
| countryOfCitizenship |
Hungary
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath |
Vietnam
ⓘ
linked to:
Viet Nam
|
| dateOfBirth | 1913-10-22 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1954-05-25 ⓘ |
| employer |
Collier's Weekly
ⓘ
linked to:
Collier’s magazine
Life magazine ⓘ Picture Post ⓘ
linked to:
Picture Post (early career)
|
| ethnicGroup | Jewish ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
photojournalism
ⓘ
war photography ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasQuote | If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough. ⓘ |
| influenced | modern war photography ⓘ |
| languagesSpoken |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ German ⓘ Hungarian ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | killed in action ⓘ |
| memberOf | Magnum Photos ⓘ |
| notableFor |
photographs of World War II
ⓘ
photographs of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War ⓘ photographs of the First Indochina War ⓘ photographs of the Second Sino-Japanese War ⓘ photographs of the Spanish Civil War ⓘ |
| notableWork |
D-Day landing photographs at Omaha Beach
ⓘ
linked to:
D-Day landings photographs at Omaha Beach
The Falling Soldier ⓘ |
| occupation |
photographer
ⓘ
photojournalist ⓘ war correspondent ⓘ |
| partner | Gerda Taro ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Budapest ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | near Thai Binh ⓘ |
| workLocation |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
New York City ⓘ Paris ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Endre Ernő Friedmann Description of subject: Endre Ernő Friedmann, better known as Robert Capa, was a renowned Hungarian-American war photographer and photojournalist famous for his powerful images of 20th-century conflicts.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.