John Lennon

relationship

John Lennon’s first wife was Cynthia Powell (later Cynthia Lennon). The couple married in 1962 and divorced in 1968, making her his only legal spouse and the mother of his fir...

music-biography

Lennon and McCartney were not simply best friends; they were the defining songwriting partnership of the 20th century, combining complementary talents and temperaments to create...

people-culture

John Lennon’s wedding took place on 20 March 1969, when he and Yoko Ono held a public Bed-In for Peace in Amsterdam, married in a simple ceremony with witnesses, then repeated...

people

Yoko Ono is an artist, musician, and activist whose conceptual work, performance art, and collaborations—particularly with John Lennon—have shaped experimental art and popul...

biography

John Winston Lennon (1940–1980) was an English singer-songwriter, musician, and activist whose artistry and public persona reshaped postwar popular culture. As a founder of th...

Relationships

Yoko Ono is best known for being married to John Lennon, the English musician and member of The Beatles. They began collaborating and creating conceptual art in the late 1960s,...

culture

Forty years after John Lennon’s death on 8 December 1980, his music and message remain central to conversations about art, activism, and personal change. This evergreen overvi...

people

John Lennon had two biological children and one stepchild, born across two partnerships. His sons Sean Lennon and Julian Lennon are his biological children, with Sean born to Yo...

true-crime-explainer

On December 8, 1980, musician and activist John Lennon was shot outside The Dakota apartment building in New York City and pronounced dead on arrival at Roosevelt Hospital. The...

Relationships

Yoko Ono and John Lennon met in 1966 at an exhibition of her conceptual art and began a personal and creative partnership that reshaped their music and public activism. Their co...