David Bowie

Rock Singer
BIRTHDAY
January 8,1947
Birthplace
London,England
Age
Jan 10,2016,age 69
Birth Sign
Capricorn
BIRTHDAY
January 8,1947 (age Jan 10,2016,age 69)
Birthplace
London,England

About

Androgynous rock star of the 1960s and beyond who reinvented popular music with singles such as "Space Oddity" and "Starman." His first two albums to go platinum were 1971's Hunky Dory and 1972's The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. 

Before Fame

He would get into fist fights while attending Stockwell Infants School. He founded his first band, The Konrads, when he was fifteen. 

Trivia

His first #1 single in the United States, "Fame," was co-written by John Lennon

Family Life

He married Angela Bowie on March 19, 1970; after their divorce on February 8, 1980, he married Somali supermodel Iman Abdulmajid on June 6, 1992. He had a son named Duncan and a daughter named Alexandria

Associated With

He wrote and performed "Under Pressure" with Freddie Mercury and Queen in 1981.