John Lennon bụ onye ọkwọ ụgbọ mmiri na-azụ ahịa nke sitere na Irish nke na-anọghị n'oge a mụrụ nwa ya nwoke. Na July 1946, John Lennon na nna ya na-akpọ ya John Winston Lennon mgbe nna nna ya, John "Jack" Lennon, na Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Nna ya na-anọghị n'ụlọ ma na-eziga ego ịkwụ ụgwọ oge niile na 9 Newcastle Road, Liverpool, ebe Lennon bi na nne ya; ego ahụ kwụsịrị mgbe ọ na-enweghị ezumike na February 1944. Mgbe ọ lọtara n'ụlọ ọnwa isii ka e mesịrị, ọ gwara ya ka ọ lekọta ezinụlọ, ma mgbe ahụ, Julia dị ime nwa nwoke ọzọ, ọ jụrụ echiche ahụ. Mgbe nwanne ya nwanyị mere mkpesa na Liverpool's Social Services, nyere ya ikike nke Lennon.
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