John Paul Young

Australian singer
Person Human Q205583

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[7]
Date of birth
June 21, 1950
Place of birth
Glasgow
Country of citizenship
Australia[6]
Official website
johnpaulyoung.com.au[15]
Birth name
John Inglis Young[17]
Family name
Young[11]
Given name
John, Inglis[12][13]
Instrument
voice[16]
Pseudonym
John Paul Young[14]
Start of work period
1968[18]
🏷️ Also known as
en John Inglis Young en John Paul Young ar جون بول يونغ da John Inglis Young de John Inglis Young es John Inglis Young fr John Inglis Young hu John Inglis Young it John Inglis Young ja ジョン・ポール・ヤング ko 존 잉글리스 영 ko 존 폴 영 nl John Inglis Young pl John Inglis Young pt John Inglis Young ro John Inglis Young ru Джон Пол Янг sv John Inglis Young tr John Inglis Young
🔖 Identifiers · 39
VIAF cluster ID
88078465
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n95057600
GND ID
134562763
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
John Paul Young 2014.jpg ↗
AZLyrics artist ID
j/johnpaulyoung
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000226869
Awards & Winners artist ID
01lqxdq
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
14001681f
Billboard artist ID
john-paul-young
Deezer artist ID
1937
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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
134562763
Dictionary of Sydney ID
person/young_john_paul
Discogs artist ID
63158
Europeana entity
agent/base/65266
Freebase ID
/m/01lqxdq
GTAA ID
172256
Genius artist ID
John-paul-young
Genius artist numeric ID
327438
IMDb ID
nm2565885
J9U entity ID
987007364372005171
Kinobox person ID
1207151
LyricsTranslate ID
john-paul-young-lyrics.html
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000086618
Myspace ID
johnpaulyoung
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810670116005606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX862915
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803125409877
Rate Your Music artist ID
john_paul_young
SecondHandSongs artist ID
23590
Songkick artist ID
121163
TMDB person ID
1253604
Universal Music France artist ID
20000125175
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJycQvkbVTRQXkx9HMyjmd
Yandex Music artist ID
185235

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Summary

John Paul Young was born on June 21, 1950[1], in Glasgow[2]. He has worked as a singer[3], recording artist[4], and musician[5].

FAQs

Where was John Paul Young born?

John Paul Young's place of birth was Glasgow[2].

What did John Paul Young do for work?

John Paul Young worked as a singer[3], recording artist[4], and musician[5].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #65760: add GND as source to unsourced or imported places and occupations"
  2. 11d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Deezer artist ID → 1937
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63224: Import Deezer artist ID from MusicBrainz via its artist ID in Wikidata. Also matched on name. Part1: imp"
  3. 9w ago · Animalparty · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → John Paul Young 2014.jpg
    "Removed claim: Image: John Paul Young.jpg"
  4. 13w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name → John, Inglis
    Sex or gender → male
    Family name → Young
    HAND ID → F826-F649-55D4-BFE4-AD1F
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #46380: HAND ID (3)"
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