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Michael Berry

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 27, 2026
Entity authorityQ119187
Source-derived summary

Michael Berry may refer to:

Michael Berry (athlete) (born 1991), American sprinter

Michael Berry (physicist) (born 1941), British mathematical physicist

Michael Berry (radio host) (born 1970), American talk show host

Michael Berry, Baron Hartwell (1911–2001), newspaper proprietor and journalist

Michael Berry Jr.

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The public source identifies “Michael Berry” as wikimedia disambiguation page. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Michael, Berry and Wikimedia.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1991, 1941, 1970, 1911—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Michael, Berry and Wikimedia providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from Michael Berry” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.