John Lennon, whose fullname is John Winston Lennon, is an English musician, songwriter and singer, who is globally known as one of the founder members of the Beatles. The Beatles is the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful in the history of popular music. Sadly, John Lennon died at the relatively young age, i.e. 40 years old. Born on 9 October 1940, he later died shot by his fans on 8 December 1980.