John Lennon

from Liverpool, England, UK

Artwork for The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring YearsImage of John Lennon

Biography

John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (9 October 1940 – 8 December 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 20th century.

Born and raised in Liverpool, Lennon became involved as a teenager in the skiffle craze; his first band, The Quarrymen, evolved into The Beatles in 1960. As the group disintegrated towards the end of the decade, Lennon embarked on a solo career that produced the critically acclaimed albums John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and Imagine, and iconic songs such as "Give Peace a Chance" and "Imagine". Lennon disengaged himself from the music business in 1975 to devote time to his family, but re-emerged in 1980 with a new album, Double Fantasy. He was murdered by Mark Chapman three weeks after its release.

Lennon revealed a rebellious nature and acerbic wit in his music, his writing, his drawings, on film, and in interviews, and he became controversial through his political and peace activism. He moved to New York City in 1971, where his criticism of the Vietnam War resulted in a lengthy attempt by Richard Nixon's administration to deport him, while his songs were adopted as anthems by the anti-war movement.

As of 2010, Lennon's solo album sales in the United States exceed 14 million units, and as writer, co-writer or performer, he is responsible for 27 number-one singles on the US Hot 100 chart. In 2002, a BBC poll on the 100 Greatest Britons voted him eighth, and in 2008, Rolling Stone ranked him the fifth-greatest singer of all-time. He was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987 and into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.

Timeline

2026Aged 86

  • Poster for Evolver 62

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Man on the Run

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Power to the People: John & Yoko Live in NYC

    Self

  • Poster for John Lennon: The Last Interview

    (Unknown)

2025Aged 85

2024Aged 84

  • Poster for The Beach Boys

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Bannfoot Ferry

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Hinckley

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Daytime Revolution

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Here Today

    Self (Music)

  • Poster for Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Elton John: Never Too Late

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Beatles '64

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for No Hamburg, No Beatles

    Self (voice) (archive footage)

  • Poster for La Historia del Fan Project Paul McCartney MX 2024

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Beatles LOVE

    Music

  • Poster for An Ordered Hit of a Man (In Sequence)

    Music

  • Poster for Man.

    Music

2023Aged 83

  • Poster for Little Richard: I Am Everything

    Self (archive voice)

  • Poster for The Lost Weekend: A Love Story

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Louder Than Rock

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Revival69: The Concert That Rocked the World

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Beatles and the BBC

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Paul McCartney: Got Back

    Self (archive footage)

2022Aged 82

2021Aged 81

  • Poster for Under the Volcano

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Life In Ten Pictures: John Lennon

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Best of the 60s: The Story of Ready, Steady, Go!

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Parkinson at 50

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Beatles and India

    Self (archive footage)

2020Aged 80

  • Poster for Lennon & McCartney: Hello From Liverpool

    Self

  • The Shadows At Sixty

    Self (Archive Footage)

  • Poster for Understanding McCartney

    Self

  • Poster for Meeting the Beatles in India

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Lennon's Last Weekend

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for John Lennon: His Life, Legacy, Last Days

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Zappa

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon

    Self (archive footage)

2019Aged 79

  • Poster for The Last 24 Hours: John Lennon

    Self

  • Poster for Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 1

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Deconstructing the Beatles' Abbey Road: Side 2

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Eric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll Animal

    Self (Archive Footage) (Uncredited)

  • Poster for Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Paul McCartney: Wings of a Beatle

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Yesterday

    Songs

2018Aged 78

  • Poster for Take Your Pills

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for George Harrison - All Things Pass

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Arthur Janov's Primal Therapy

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Looking for Lennon

    Self (Archive footage)

  • Poster for The Beatles ‎– Ready Steady Go!

    Self

  • Poster for The King

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Understanding Lennon/McCartney

    Self (archive footage)

2017Aged 77

  • Poster for Året var 1967

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Kyoko

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Free to Rock

    Self - The Beatles (archive footage)

  • Poster for It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Sgt Pepper's Musical Revolution

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Summer of Love

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions

    Self - Musician (archive footage)

  • Poster for I Don't Know Which Tree It Comes From that Fragrance

    Self

  • Poster for My Generation

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for How the Beatles Changed the World

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for John Lennon: Hard to Imagine

    (Unknown)

2016Aged 76

2015Aged 75

  • Poster for Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Beatles 1

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Beatles 1+

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Last Lennon Interview

    Self (archive footage)

2014Aged 74

  • Poster for Beatles på Sverigeturné

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Lennon or McCartney

    Thanks

2013Aged 73

  • Poster for Året var 1963

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Salinger

    Self - Musician (archive footage)

  • Poster for Good Ol' Freda

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Population Boom

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed

    (Archive footage)

  • Poster for Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'

    Self - Musician (archive footage)

2012Aged 72

  • Poster for Becoming the Beatles

    Self

  • Poster for The Winged Beetle

    Self

  • Poster for The Beatles: Their Golden Age

    Self

  • Poster for The Beatles: In Chicago 1964-1966

    Self

  • Poster for Palme

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Magical Mystery Tour Revisited

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Genius

    Self (archive footage)

2011Aged 71

  • Poster for The Beatles - Unsurpassed Promos

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Composing Outside The Beatles: Lennon & McCartney 1973-1980

    Self (Archive Footage)

  • Poster for I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 2

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 1

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 3

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Beatles: Recovered Archives Vol. 4

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film

    Himself (archive footage)

  • Poster for Beatles Stories

    Self (archive footage)

2010Aged 70

2009Aged 69

  • Poster for The Beatles: Parting Ways

    Self

  • Poster for O Melhor do Flash Back - 92 Clipes Para Recordar

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Beatles on Record

    Self

  • Poster for The Beatles: The Mini Documentaries

    Self

  • Poster for The Beatles: Here There and Everywhere

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Beatles - Composing Outside The Beatles: Lennon & McCartney 1967-1972

    Self (Archive Footage)

  • Poster for The Rise & Fall of WCW

    Self (archive footage)

2008Aged 68

2007Aged 67

2006Aged 66

2005Aged 65

  • Poster for The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Meet the Beatles

    Self (Archival footage)

  • Poster for Rock 'N' Roll Forever: Ed Sullivan's Greatest Hits

    Self (archive)

  • Poster for The Beatles: Love Me Do - A Documentary

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Beatles: Chronology Vol. 1 y 2

    Self - Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar

  • Poster for Pink Floyd London '66-'67

    Self (uncredited)

  • Poster for The World's Greatest Gigs

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for I Killed John Lennon

    Self (archive footage)

2004Aged 64

2003Aged 63

  • Poster for The Beatles - Trilogy

    Self

  • Poster for The Beatles: A Long and Winding Road

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Beatles: The Journey

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Ed Sullivan Presents: Rock 'N' Roll Revolution: The British Invade America, America Fights Back

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Imagine Imagine

    Self

  • Poster for The Beatles: Around the World

    Self (archive footage)

  • Inside John Lennon - Unauthorized

    Self (archive footage)

2002Aged 62

  • Poster for Elvis: King of Entertainment

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Monday Night Mayhem

    Self (archive footage)

  • Hanratty: The Whole Truth

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for John Lennon: The Messenger

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Naqoyqatsi

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Poster for Things They Said Today

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.

    Self (archive footage)

2001Aged 61

  • Poster for Wingspan

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Beatles: Big Beat Box

    Self (archive footage)

2000Aged 60

1999Aged 59

1997Aged 57

  • Poster for Happy Birthday to John

    Self

1996Aged 56

  • Poster for Alf Bicknell's Beatles Diary

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Beatles Unauthorized

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Beatles Story

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus

    Self - Lead Vocals

1995Aged 55

  • Poster for You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'

    Self

1994Aged 54

1993Aged 53

  • Poster for Annie Leibovitz 1993 Phaidon Documentary

    Self

  • Poster for Ready Steady Go! The Beatles Live

    Self

1992Aged 52

1991Aged 51

  • Poster for The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit

    Self (archive footage)

1990Aged 50

  • Poster for Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections

    Self (archive footage)

1988Aged 48

  • Poster for Ken Russell's ABC of British Music

    Self (archive)

  • Poster for Imagine: John Lennon

    Self (archive footage)

1987Aged 47

1986Aged 46

1985Aged 45

1984Aged 44

  • Poster for Yoko Ono: Then and Now

    Self (archive footage)

1983Aged 43

  • Poster for When the Music's Over

    Self (archive footage)

1982Aged 42

  • Poster for Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Compleat Beatles

    Self (archive footage)

1981Aged 41

  • Poster for This Is Elvis

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Killing of America

    Self (archive footage)

  • Beatlemania

    Songs

  • Poster for Island of the Evil Spirits

    Songs

1979Aged 39

  • Poster for Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip

    Self (archive footage)

1978Aged 38

  • Poster for I Wanna Hold Your Hand

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

    Songs

1977Aged 37

  • Poster for Fire in the Water

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Day the Music Died

    Self

  • Poster for Mighty Good: The Beatles

    Self

  • Poster for Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante

    Self

  • Poster for The Beatles at Shea Stadium

    Self

1976Aged 36

  • Poster for Chelsea Girls with Andy Warhol

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for All This and World War II

    Songs

1975Aged 35

  • Poster for A Salute to Sir Lew Grade

    Self

1974Aged 34

1973Aged 33

  • Poster for Oh Yoko!

    Himself (voice)

1972Aged 32

  • Poster for Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here

    Self

  • Poster for John Lennon - Imagine

    Director

  • Poster for Eat the Document

    Self

  • Poster for The One to One Concert

    Self

  • Poster for Imagine

    Self

  • Poster for Oh! Calcutta!

    Writer

1971Aged 31

1970Aged 30

  • Poster for Let It Be

    Self - The Beatles (uncredited)

  • Poster for Apotheosis

    Writer

  • Poster for Did Britain Murder Hanratty?

    Producer

  • Freedom

    Writer

  • Poster for Fly

    Writer

1969Aged 29

  • Poster for Beatles Electroniques

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume One

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Three

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Beatles - The Get Back Chronicles 1969 Volume Two

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Bed Peace

    Self

  • Poster for Self-Portrait

    Self

  • Poster for The Beatles: Abbey Road

    Self - Vocals, Guitar

  • Poster for The Beatles: Something

    Self

  • Poster for 24 Hours: The World of John and Yoko

    Self

  • Poster for Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?

    Self

  • Poster for Rape

    Music

1968Aged 28

  • Poster for The Movie Orgy

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

    Self

  • Poster for Two Virgins

    Writer

  • Poster for Yellow Submarine

    John (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Beatles: Revolution

    Self

  • Poster for Film No. 5

    Self

  • Poster for The Beatles Mod Odyssey

    Self

  • Revolution

    Songs

1967Aged 27

  • Poster for Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever

    Self

  • Poster for Monument

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Our World

    Self

  • All You Need Is Love

    Self

  • Poster for How I Won the War

    Gripweed

  • Poster for Magical Mystery Tour

    Self / Ticket Salesman / Magician with Coffee / Narrator

1966Aged 26

  • Poster for Reflections on Love

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Beatles - In Germany 24-26 June, 1966

    Self

  • Poster for The Beatles: In Japan (6/30/1966)

    Self

  • Poster for The Beatles: In Japan (7/1/1966)

    Self - Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar

  • Poster for The Beatles: Live at Circus-Krone-Bau, Munich, Germany

    Self - The Beatles

  • Poster for El Rey en Londres

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Us Down by the Riverside

    Music

1965Aged 25

  • Poster for Pop Gear

    Self

  • Poster for Doctor Who: The Chase

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Help!

    John

  • Poster for The Beatles: Live in Paris

    Self

  • Poster for The Music of Lennon & McCartney

    Self (archive footage)

1964Aged 24

  • Poster for Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Beatles: Live at the Washington Coliseum

    Self

  • Poster for Around the Beatles

    Self

  • Poster for The Beatles in Australia

    Self

  • Poster for The Beatles Sing for Shell

    Self

  • Poster for A Hard Day's Night

    John

  • Poster for The Beatles: Live in The Netherlands

    Self

  • Poster for What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA

    Self - The Beatles Member

1963Aged 23

  • Poster for The Mersey Sound

    Self

  • Poster for The Beatles - Live at The Empire Theatre Liverpool

    Self

  • Poster for The Beatles Come to Town

    Self

Year unknown

  • Poster for Beatles

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Inside the Beatles: 1962-1970

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Building the Beatles

    Self (Archive Footage)

  • Poster for The Beatles - 1967-1970

    Self (archive footage)

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