Dan Brown
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Dan Brown is an American author best known for his fast-paced mystery thrillers that blend historical, religious, and conspiracy themes, including the bestselling novel "The Da Vinci Code."
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dan Brown canonical | 45 |
| Dan Brown (The Hours) | 1 |
| Daniel Gerhard Brown | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T577908 — 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: Dan Brown Context triple: [The Da Vinci Code, authorOfSourceWork, Dan Brown]
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A.
James Patterson
James Patterson is a prolific American author best known for his numerous bestselling thriller and mystery novels, including the Alex Cross and Women's Murder Club series.
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B.
Graham Hancock
Graham Hancock is a British writer and journalist best known for his controversial theories about ancient civilizations, lost advanced cultures, and alternative interpretations of archaeological evidence.
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C.
Alan Webber
Alan Webber is an American politician and former business magazine co-founder who serves as the mayor of Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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D.
Michael H. Hart
Michael H. Hart is an American astrophysicist and author best known for his work on the Fermi paradox and his controversial book "The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History."
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E.
Harry Hart
Harry Hart is a suave, highly skilled British secret agent and mentor figure in the Kingsman film series.
- 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: Dan Brown Target entity description: Dan Brown is an American author best known for his fast-paced mystery thrillers that blend historical, religious, and conspiracy themes, including the bestselling novel "The Da Vinci Code."
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A.
James Patterson
James Patterson is a prolific American author best known for his numerous bestselling thriller and mystery novels, including the Alex Cross and Women's Murder Club series.
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B.
Graham Hancock
Graham Hancock is a British writer and journalist best known for his controversial theories about ancient civilizations, lost advanced cultures, and alternative interpretations of archaeological evidence.
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C.
Alan Webber
Alan Webber is an American politician and former business magazine co-founder who serves as the mayor of Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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D.
Michael H. Hart
Michael H. Hart is an American astrophysicist and author best known for his work on the Fermi paradox and his controversial book "The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History."
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E.
Harry Hart
Harry Hart is a suave, highly skilled British secret agent and mentor figure in the Kingsman film series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
novelist ⓘ thriller writer ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
British Book Awards Book of the Year (for The Da Vinci Code)
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linked to:
British Book Awards Fiction Book of the Year
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| basedOn |
art historical references
ⓘ
historical settings ⓘ religious symbolism ⓘ |
| birthName |
Daniel Gerhard Brown
ⓘ
linked to:
Dan Brown
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| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| createdCharacter | Robert Langdon ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1964-06-22 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Amherst College
ⓘ
Phillips Exeter Academy ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
fiction writing
ⓘ
thriller literature ⓘ |
| genre |
conspiracy fiction
ⓘ
detective fiction ⓘ mystery fiction ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Angels & Demons (film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Angels & Demons
Inferno (film) ⓘ The Da Vinci Code (film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Da Vinci Code
|
| hasResidence |
New Hampshire, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
New Hampshire
|
| influencedBy |
Robert Ludlum
ⓘ
Sidney Sheldon ⓘ Umberto Eco ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | popular fiction ⓘ |
| name | Dan Brown ⓘ |
| notableSeries |
Robert Langdon series
ⓘ
linked to:
Robert Langdon film series
|
| notableWork |
Angels & Demons
ⓘ
Deception Point ⓘ Digital Fortress ⓘ Inferno ⓘ Origin ⓘ The Da Vinci Code ⓘ The Lost Symbol ⓘ
linked to:
The Lost Symbol (TV series)
|
| occupation |
author
ⓘ
novelist ⓘ teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Exeter, New Hampshire, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Exeter, New Hampshire
|
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| spouse | Blythe Newlon ⓘ |
| theme |
art history
ⓘ
conspiracy theories ⓘ history ⓘ religion ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| writingStyle |
cliffhanger chapter endings
ⓘ
fast-paced narrative ⓘ |
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: Dan Brown Description of subject: Dan Brown is an American author best known for his fast-paced mystery thrillers that blend historical, religious, and conspiracy themes, including the bestselling novel "The Da Vinci Code."
Referenced by (47)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Dan Brown
subject linked to:
novel Angels & Demons (2000)
subject linked to:
Inferno
subject linked to:
Robert Clark
subject linked to:
Robert Clark
subject linked to:
Robert Clark
subject linked to:
Robert Clark
subject linked to:
Robert Clark
subject linked to:
Robert Clark
subject linked to:
Robert Clark