What is John Lennon?
{{Infobox person | name = John Lennon | image = John Lennon, 1974 (restored cropped).jpg | alt = | caption = Lennon in 1974 | birth_name = John Winston Lennon | birth_date = {{Birth date|1940|10|9|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Liverpool]], England | death_date = {{Death date and age|1980|12|8|1940|10|9|df=yes}} | death_place = {{nowrap|[[New York City]], U.S.}} | death_cause = [[Murder]] by shooting | resting_place = [[Cremation|Ashes]] scattered in [[Central Park]], New York City, New York, U.S. | spouse = {{ubl |{{marriage|[[Cynthia Lennon|Cynthia Powell]]|23 August 1962|8 November 1968|end=div}} |{{marriage|[[Yoko Ono]]|20 March 1969<!--Omission per template instructions-->}} }} | partner = [[May Pang]] (1973–1975) | children = {{hlist|[[Julian Lennon|Julian]]|[[Sean Lennon|Sean]]}} | parents = [[Alfred Lennon]], [[Julia Lennon|Julia Stanley]] {{infobox musical artist | background = solo_singer |embed=yes | Instrument = {{flat list| * Guitar * piano * vocals }} | Genre = {{flat list| * [[Rock music|Rock]] * [[Experimental music|experimental]] * [[Pop music|pop]] }} | Occupation = {{flat list| * Singer * songwriter }} | Years_active = 1955–1980 | Label = {{flat list| * [[Parlophone]] * [[Capitol Records|Capitol]] * [[Apple Records|Apple]] * [[EMI]] * [[Geffen Records|Geffen]] * [[Polydor Records|Polydor]] }} | Associated_acts = {{flat list| * [[The Quarrymen]] * [[The Beatles]] * [[Plastic Ono Band]] * [[Harry Nilsson]] * [[the Dirty Mac]] * [[Yoko Ono]] * [[David Bowie]] * [[Elton John]] }} | URL = [http://www.johnlennon.com www.johnlennon.com] }} }} '''John Winston Ono Lennon''' (born '''John Winston Lennon'''; 9 October 1940&nbsp;– 8 December 1980) was an English [[singer]] and [[songwriter]]. He became famous as a singer and [[guitarist]] of the [[England|English]] [[Rock music|rock]] band [[The