Karen Elson

British model and musician

Person Human Q2076087

Facts

22 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: female^[13]
Date of birth: January 14, 1979
Place of birth: Oldham
Country of citizenship: United Kingdom^[8]
Occupation: model, singer-songwriter, guitarist, singer, fashion model, musician, songwriter^[9]^[10]
Field of work: music composing^[11]
Educated at: North Chadderton School^[12]
Spouse: Jack White
Sibling: Kate Elson^[26]
Official website: www.karenelson.com^[17]
Work location: Nashville^[18]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[22]
Eye color: blue^[21]
Family name: Elson^[15]
Given name: Karen^[16]
Hair color: red hair^[23]
Height: +173^[25]
Instrument: guitar, voice^[19]^[20]
Record label: Third Man Records^[14]
Social media followers: +42212, +43168^[27]^[28]
Start of work period: 2003^[24]

🏷️ Also known as

en Karen Elson en Karen Jill Elson ar كارين إيلسون de Karen Jill Elson es Karen Jill Elson fa کارن السون ja カレン・エルソン ja カレンエルソン ru Карен Элсон ru Элсон, Карен zh 凱倫·艾臣 zh-hans 凯伦·艾臣

🔖 Identifiers · 48

ISNI: 0000000081902284
VIAF cluster ID: 121767827
Library of Congress Authorities ID: no2010094164
GND ID: 141832975
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Karen Elson June 2010 e.jpg ↗
Acharts.co artist ID: karen_elson
AllMusic artist ID: mn0000715864
BBC Things ID: 5b9aa0ee-3c95-4758-bcf3-e5f6199a5141
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 16231227s
Billboard artist ID: karen-elson
BoF person ID: karen-elson
Carnegie Hall agent ID: 103858

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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 141832975
Discogs artist ID: 465647
Europeana entity: agent/base/150886
FMD model ID: karen_elson
Facebook username: karenelsonmusic
Film.ru person ID: karen-elson
Freebase ID: /m/03n_z_
HAND ID: DF8C-AD74-E68C-C02D-0AFB
IMDb ID: nm1083264
IdRef ID: 158367073
JRC Names ID: 162436
Last.fm ID: Karen+Elson
Laut.de artist ID: Karen-Elson
Listal ID: karen-elson
LyricsTranslate ID: karen-elson-lyrics.html
Model Manual ID: kelson/karenelson
Models.com person ID: Karen-Elson
MusicBrainz artist ID: 3780151c-8a94-4fd3-96d4-a9bcea866444
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID: 74046
Muziekweb performer ID: M00000224117
NME artist ID: karen-elson
National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID: mp67632
Pitchfork artist ID: 28657-karen-elson
Plex person key: 5d776a1cad5437001f77257b
Rate Your Music artist ID: karen_elson
Rock's Backpages artist ID: karen-elson
Rolling Stone artist ID: karen-elson
Songfacts artist ID: karen-elson
Songkick artist ID: 3037496
Supermodels.nl ID: karenelson
TMDB person ID: 1248832
The Guardian topic ID: culture/karen-elson
The Vogue List ID: karen-elson/496
Tumblr username: misskarenelson
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJfGYyKq8FWK9BkfbVfH4q
X (Twitter) username: KarenElson_, karenelsonmusic

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🔗 Connections

Occupation 4

singer, model, singer-songwriter, guitarist

Instrument 2

guitar, voice

Country of citizenship 1

United Kingdom

Eye color 1

blue

Field of work 1

music composing

Given name 1

Karen

Hair color 1

red hair

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Mb:performer of 1

The Ghost Who Walks

Place of birth 1

Oldham

Record label 1

Third Man Records

Sex or gender 1

female

Spouse 1

Jack White

Spouses 1

Jack White

Work location 1

Nashville

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Summary

Karen Elson was born on January 14, 1979^[1], in Oldham^[2]. She has worked as a model^[3], singer-songwriter^[4], guitarist^[5], singer^[6], and fashion model^[7].

FAQs

Where was Karen Elson born?

Karen Elson was born in Oldham^[2].

What did Karen Elson do for work?

Karen Elson worked as a model^[3], singer-songwriter^[4], guitarist^[5], singer^[6], and fashion model^[7].

Where did Karen Elson go to school?

Karen Elson was educated at North Chadderton School^[12].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Karen Elson — place of birth (P19): Oldham. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-11-07. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Karen Elson — sex or gender (P21): female. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2024-06-20. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Karen Elson — country of citizenship (P27): United Kingdom. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Karen Elson — educated at (P69): North Chadderton School. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Karen Elson — field of work (P101): music composing. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Karen Elson — occupation (P106): model. The Fashion Model Directory (FMD). Retrieved 2022-04-04. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Karen Elson — occupation (P106): singer-songwriter. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Karen Elson — occupation (P106): guitarist. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Karen Elson — occupation (P106): singer. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Karen Elson — occupation (P106): fashion model. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Karen Elson — occupation (P106): musician. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Karen Elson — occupation (P106): songwriter. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Karen Elson — record label (P264): Third Man Records. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Karen Elson — date of birth (P569): January 14, 1979. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-05-12. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Karen Elson — family name (P734): Elson. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Karen Elson — given name (P735): Karen. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-07-21. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Karen Elson — official website (P856): http://www.karenelson.com. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Karen Elson — work location (P937): Nashville. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-03-10. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Karen Elson — instrument (P1303): guitar. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Karen Elson — instrument (P1303): voice. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Karen Elson — eye color (P1340): blue. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Karen Elson — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Karen Elson — hair color (P1884): red hair. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Karen Elson — start of work period (P2031): 2003. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Karen Elson — height (P2048): 173 cm. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Karen Elson — sibling (P3373): Kate Elson. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Karen Elson — social media followers (P8687): 42,212. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Karen Elson — social media followers (P8687): 43,168. wikidata.org.

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5d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #65758: add GND as source to unsourced or imported places and occupations"
27d ago · A826 · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗

HAND ID → DF8C-AD74-E68C-C02D-0AFB

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #60466: adding knwikiquote sitelinks"
25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Occupation → model, singer-songwriter, guitarist +1

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32080: import P21 and P106 from GND (22)"
27w ago · Ytterbyz · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Record label → Third Man Records

Social media followers → 42,212, 43,168

Height → 173 centimetre

Spouse → Jack White

+ 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)

"Created claim: NME artist ID: karen-elson, Matched to karen elson (#214802873) in NME artist #mi"

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