Chris Stein

American guitarist (born 1950)

Person human Q861227

Facts

21 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[16]
Date of birth: January 5, 1950
Place of birth: Brooklyn
Country of citizenship: United States^[8]
Occupation: guitarist, songwriter, film producer, photographer, writer, composer, television actor, film actor, musician^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]
Educated at: Midwood High School, Andries Hudde Junior High School^[13]^[14]
Genre: new wave, rock music^[17]^[18]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[23]
Birth name: Christopher Stein^[24]
Copyright representative: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers^[27]
Copyright status as a creator: works protected by copyrights^[29]
Family name: Stein^[19]
Given name: Christopher^[20]
Has works in the collection: Groninger Museum^[28]
Instrument: guitar, bass guitar^[21]^[22]
Member of: Blondie^[15]
Name in native language: Chris Stein^[25]
P14750: C8DD-DF10-8062-63CF-5926
Social media followers: 5.3k (5.3k–46k, n=4)^[30]^[31]^[32]^[33]
Start of work period: 1973^[26]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 58

ISNI: 0000000078281640
VIAF cluster ID: 66729621
Library of Congress authority ID: n82153285
GND ID: 13452943X
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Chris Stein 2014.jpg ↗
AllMusic artist ID: mn0000101699
AniList staff ID: 196627
BIBSYS ID: 58259
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 14777378t
CONOR.SR ID: 53833225
CineMagia person ID: 175857
Cinémathèque québécoise person ID: 12318

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DDB person (GND) ID: 13452943X
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 13452943X
Discogs artist ID: 79326
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: biography/Chris-Stein
Europeana entity: agent/base/70670
Facebook username: chrissteinofficial
Fandango person ID: 644064
Film.ru person ID: kris-stayn-0
Freebase ID: /m/0533db
IMDb ID: nm0825421
IPI name number: 00038772260
IdRef ID: 087801612
Instagram username: christein
KANTO ID: 000200717
Kinobox person ID: 909909
LdiF person ID: 52493
Libraries Australia ID: 36549919
MYmovies person ID: 332155
Mastodon address: chrisstein@mstdn.social
Montreux Jazz Festival person ID: 27573
MusicBrainz artist ID: 7e6ac2a1-a462-4b63-b536-cff0c0ae4cc7
Muziekweb performer ID: M00000127301
NL CR AUT ID: xx0085063
NLA Trove people ID: 1286783
NLP ID: a0000002663518
NSK (VIAF) ID: 000413989
NSK ID: 981005789144609366
National Library of Lithuania ID: LNB:M7s;=Bd
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810550193305606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0): XX891402
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 072971312
Notable Names Database ID: 906/000119549
Offizielle Deutsche Charts person ID: 554
Open Library ID: OL7646802A
Plex person key: 5d776840961905001eb9619d
Quora topic ID: Chris-Stein-12
RERO ID (legacy): A012034144
Rate Your Music artist ID: chris_stein
SecondHandSongs artist ID: 3139
TMDB person ID: 936885
TV Maze person ID: 162258
Threads username: christein
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJmpcq8GhfjDhPdrHddqQq
X (Twitter) username: chrissteinplays
Yale LUX ID: person/3a2c52a5-b1fa-424f-91fd-c7c4c6a4d539
ČSFD person ID: 302744

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🔗 Connections

Mb:writer 20

Heart of Glass, Heart of Glass, Dreaming, Dreaming, Rapture, Rapture, In the Flesh, In the Flesh +12 more

Occupation 8

writer, composer, film producer, photographer, songwriter, guitarist, film actor, television actor

Compositions 5

Heart of Glass, Polyester, Sunday Girl, In the Flesh, Union City

Mb:composer 4

Sunday Girl, Sunday Girl, No Exit, No Exit

Genre 2

rock music, new wave

Instrument 2

guitar, bass guitar

Mb:lyricist 2

Sunday Girl, Sunday Girl

← Lyricist 2

Heart of Glass, Sunday Girl

Belongs to 1

Blondie

American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Family name 1

Stein

Given name 1

Christopher

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Mb:founder 1

Blondie

Mb:involved with 1

Debbie Harry

Mb:member of band 1

Blondie

Member of 1

Blondie

Place of birth 1

Brooklyn

Sex or gender 1

male

← Producer 1

Zombie Birdhouse

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Summary

Chris Stein was born on January 5, 1950^[1], in Brooklyn^[2]. He has worked as a guitarist^[3], songwriter^[4], film producer^[5], photographer^[6], and writer^[7].

FAQs

Where was Chris Stein born?

Chris Stein was born in Brooklyn^[2].

What did Chris Stein do for work?

Chris Stein worked as a guitarist^[3], songwriter^[4], film producer^[5], photographer^[6], and writer^[7].

Where did Chris Stein go to school?

Chris Stein was educated at Midwood High School^[13] and Andries Hudde Junior High School^[14].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Chris Stein — place of birth (P19): Brooklyn. Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Chris Stein — sex or gender (P21): male. Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved 2018-11-04. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Chris Stein — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Chris Stein — educated at (P69): Midwood High School. Retrieved 2021-03-04. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Chris Stein — educated at (P69): Andries Hudde Junior High School. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Chris Stein — occupation (P106): guitarist. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Chris Stein — occupation (P106): songwriter. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Chris Stein — occupation (P106): film producer. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Chris Stein — occupation (P106): photographer. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2019-05-22. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Chris Stein — occupation (P106): writer. Open Library. Retrieved 2023-11-20. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Chris Stein — occupation (P106): composer. IMDb. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Chris Stein — occupation (P106): television actor. IMDb. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Chris Stein — occupation (P106): film actor. IMDb. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Chris Stein — occupation (P106): musician. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Chris Stein — genre (P136): new wave. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Chris Stein — genre (P136): rock music. Montreux Jazz Festival Database. Retrieved 2020-09-27. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Chris Stein — member of (P463): Blondie. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-11-05. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Chris Stein — date of birth (P569): January 5, 1950. Discogs. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Chris Stein — family name (P734): Stein. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Chris Stein — given name (P735): Christopher. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Chris Stein — instrument (P1303): guitar. Montreux Jazz Festival Database. Retrieved 2020-09-27. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Chris Stein — instrument (P1303): bass guitar. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Chris Stein — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. IdRef. Retrieved 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Chris Stein — birth name (P1477): Christopher Stein. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Chris Stein — name in native language (P1559): Chris Stein. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Chris Stein — start of work period (P2031): 1973. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Chris Stein — copyright representative (P6275): American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. ACE Repertory. Retrieved 2020-05-25. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Chris Stein — has works in the collection (P6379): Groninger Museum. online collection of the Groninger Museum. Retrieved 2026-07-02. groningermuseum.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Chris Stein — copyright status as a creator (P7763): works protected by copyrights. Retrieved 2020-08-02. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Chris Stein — social media followers (P8687): 33,909. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Chris Stein — social media followers (P8687): 46,077. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Chris Stein — social media followers (P8687): 5287. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Chris Stein — social media followers (P8687): 5290. wikidata.org.

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1d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Wikidata description → American guitarist (born 1950)

Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'azb', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'hu',

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9w ago · Hannolans · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Has works in the collection → Groninger Museum

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TV Maze person ID → 162258

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Chris Stein

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