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John Lennon

Also known as John Winston Lennon, John Winston Ono Lennon

John Winston Ono Lennon was an English musician, songwriter and activist. He gained global fame as the founder, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Beatles. Lennon's songwriting partnership with Paul McCartney remains the most successful in history.

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John Winston Lennon was a British writer, actor, singer-songwriter, and guitarist born in Liverpool in 1940. He was educated at the Liverpool College of Art and spoke English. His musical career encompassed rock music, blues rock, experimental music, and pop music. He played the guitar, piano, harmonica, and bass guitar. Lennon was part of the Lennon–McCartney partnership and is recognized in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame collection and the Hollywood Walk of Fame collection.

His notable works include the song "Imagine" and the book *In His Own Write & A Spaniard In The Works*. He received several awards, including the Member of the Order of the British Empire, the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the Academy Award for Best Original Score. Lennon was married to Cynthia Lennon and Yoko Ono. His parents were Alfred Lennon and Julia Lennon.

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Beatles
The Penguin John Lennon
John Lennon In His Own Write & A Spaniard In The Works
In His Own Write & A Spaniard In The Works
John Lennon Give Peace a Chance Acoustic Guitar Model

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Liverpool, England, UK

John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980) was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Along with fellow Beatle Paul McCartney, he formed one of the most successful songwriting partnerships of the…

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Power to the People: John & Yoko Live in NYC — Self2026
Man on the Run — Self (archive footage)2026
Evolver 62 — Self (archive footage)2026
John Lennon: The Last Interview2026
One to One: John & Yoko — Self (archive footage)2025
Borrowed Time: Lennon's Last Decade — Self (archive footage)2025
The Beatles — Self (archive footage)2025
TWST / Things We Said Today — Self (archive footage)2025
As Aventuras de Will e Mike no jardim do Éden2025
A Love Letter to the Beatles — Self (archive footage)2025

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United Kingdom
Active from: 1940
Active to: 1980

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Discography

Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins1968
Unfinished Music No. 2: Life With the Lions1969
Wedding Album1969
Instant Karma! / Who Has Seen the Wind?1970
John Lennon on Ronnie Hawkins1970
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band1970
Mother / Why1970
Happy Xmas (War Is Over)1971
Imagine1971
Imagine1971

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Winston
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Place of death: New York City
Spouse: Yoko Ono
Child: Sean Lennon
Father: Alfred Lennon
Mother: Julia Lennon
Sibling: Julia Baird
Occupation: recording artist
Languages spoken: English language
Award: star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Notable work: Imagine
Student of: Donovan
Genre: experimental rock
Instrument: voice
Record label: Polydor
Discography: John Lennon discography
Official website: www.johnlennon.com
Image: John Lennon 1969 (cropped).jpg
Number of children: 2
Residence: Mendips, Menlove Avenue
Voice type: baritone

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Commons category: John Lennon
date of birth: 1940-10-09
topic's main category: Category:John Lennon
Commons gallery: John Lennon
birth name: John Winston Lennon
described by source: UbuWeb
start of work period: 1956-00-00
end of work period: 1980-00-00
name in native language: John Winston Ono Lennon
relative: Mimi Smith
topic has template: Template:John Lennon
has works in the collection: Whitney Museum of American Art
date of death: 1980-12-08
killed by: Mark David Chapman
cause of death: gunshot wound
manner of death: homicide
partner in business or sport: Yoko Ono
time period: 20th century
sexual orientation: heterosexuality
unmarried partner: May Pang
social media followers: 2290000
place of burial: Central Park
pseudonym: Dr. Winston O’Boogie
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
P12674: Karl Gildemeister
P12749: Björn Andrae
short name: Джон Леннон
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Encyclopedic overview

John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English musician, songwriter and activist. He gained global fame as the founder, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Beatles. Lennon's songwriting partnership with Paul McCartney remains the most successful in history.

Born in Liverpool, Lennon became involved in the skiffle craze as a teenager. In 1956, he formed the Quarrymen, which evolved into the Beatles in 1960. He initially was the group's de facto leader, a role he gradually seemed to cede to McCartney. In the mid-1960s, Lennon authored In His Own Write and A Spaniard in the Works, both collections of nonsense writings and line drawings. Starting with "All You Need Is Love" in 1967, his songs were adopted as anthems by the counterculture and anti-war movement. In 1969, he started the Plastic Ono Band with his second wife, multimedia artist Yoko Ono, held the two-week-long anti-war demonstration bed-in for peace, and left the Beatles to embark on a solo career. Lennon and Ono collaborated on many works, including a trilogy of avant-garde albums and several films. From 1969 to 1972, he achieved four UK top-10 singles with "Give Peace a Chance", "Instant Karma!", "Imagine", and "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)".

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