John Lennon
1940 – 1980
English

Singer, songwriter, Beatle. The group expressed a youthful zaniness. But Lennon also espoused social causes. He was shot and killed by a deranged youth.

Contemporaries
1858–1943Beatrice Webb
1880–1958Marie Stopes
1961–1996Princess Diana
1879–1976Ernest Shepard
1893–1957Dorothy Sayers
1866–1943Beatrix Potter
1900–1969Stephen Potter
1933–1967Joe Orton
1903–1950George Orwell
1873–1958G. E. Moore
1882–1956A. A. Milne
1894–1963Aldous Huxley