John Winston Lennon

John Lennon

John Winston Lennon was born Liverpool, England on October 9, 1940. He lived in Liverpool for most of his life. While living in Liverpool, he and his friend Paul McCartney eventually started The Beatles with guitarist George Harrison and drummer Richard Starkey. John Lennon played guitar and sang in the band. He was a peace activist and used his music to display it. He was shot outside his home in New York on December 8, 1980 by a man named Mark David Chapman.

To me John Lennon was an icon to people all over the world. He is my hero because, he stood and fought for something he believed in by displaying it through his music. His music inspires me to actually make my music have a meaning of importance to people other than myself.