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Jake Shears

American singer (born 1978)
Person human Q460908

Facts

23 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[10]
Date of birth
October 3, 1978
Place of birth
Mesa
Country of citizenship
United States[5]
Occupation
singer, dancer
Educated at
Occidental College, Northwest School, Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts[6][7][8]
Genre
glam rock, alternative rock[12][13]
Official website
www.jakeshears.com[20]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[22]
Family name
Sellards[16]
Given name
Jason, F.[17][18]
Instrument
voice[21]
Member of
Scissor Sisters[9]
Name in native language
Jason Sellards, Jason F. Sellards[23][24]
P14419
151049
P14750
7DD4-9BDF-60D6-CE9B-F253
Pseudonym
Jake Shears[19]
Sexual orientation
homosexuality[11]
Social media followers
84k (7.5k–93k, n=5)
Start of work period
1999[25]
Unmarried partner
Chris Moukarbel
Voice type
tenor, countertenor[14][15]
🏷️ Also known as
en Jake Shears en Jason F. Sellards en Jason Sellards da Jason F. Sellards de Jason F. Sellards de Shears fa جیک شیرز hu Jason F. Sellards ja ジェイク・シアーズ ko 제이크 셰어스 nl Jason Sellards pl Jason Sellards ru Джейк Ширз sv Shears zh 希爾斯
🔖 Identifiers · 53
ISNI
0000000080200360
VIAF cluster ID
96888909
Library of Congress authority ID
no2009132012
GND ID
141680180
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Jake Shears of the Scissor Sisters.jpg ↗
Acharts.co artist ID
jake_shears
AllMusic artist ID
mn0001786341, mn0000688735
Apple Music artist ID
1387909212
BBC Things ID
e2eaa883-7298-464c-a0d2-2a66993a3d66
BIBSYS ID
12036403
Billboard artist ID
jake-shears
CineMagia person ID
841049
Show all 53 identifiers +41
DR music artist ID
10229437
Deezer artist ID
4437253
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
141680180
Discogs artist ID
644019, 78572
Europeana entity
agent/base/71995
Facebook username
JakeShearsOfficial
Film.ru person ID
jake-shears
Freebase ID
/m/01wbrf2
Genius artist ID
Jake-shears
Genius artist numeric ID
272234
Grammy Awards artist ID
jake-shears/7092
Hoopla artist ID
1495214592
IMDb ID
nm0783283
IPI name number
00425769138
Instagram username
jakeshears
Internet Broadway Database person ID
516852, 516859
JRC Names ID
112535
Jaxsta profile ID
0573d5ef-c1d7-4d37-960e-334e89054d78
Kinobox person ID
905998
Last.fm ID
Jake+Shears
Montreux Jazz Festival person ID
8622
MuseScore artist ID
200839
MusicBrainz artist ID
f8534c89-2a2a-4184-8ccf-7eb60d6ca24c, 517a43ff-be21-4699-9fbc-54aab2ca5254
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID
543557
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000198623
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:CrdN;=B3
Notable Names Database ID
340/000162851
Official Charts artist ID
48093
Pitchfork artist ID
14422-jake-shears
SoundCloud ID
jakeshears
Spotify artist ID
4KRulSN8pJkDV5EZNH1O06, 0bA6FDbJPSeoCnd9fGyjz8, 6prqlx3RqGdTYsXANXDCR1
TMDB person ID
1024242
Threads username
jakeshears
Tidal artist ID
6285494
WhoSampled artist ID
Jake-Shears
WikiTree person ID
Sellards-44
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJhCFQXmG6JPfRwwTKcwYP
X (Twitter) username
jakeshears, Jakeshears
Yandex Music artist ID
98253
YouTube channel ID
UCUzGUcCAuOReOBgi7da98nw
ČSFD person ID
177353

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🔗 Connections
Mb:composer 6
Take Your Mama, Take Your Mama, Laura, Laura, Mary, Mary
Mb:lyricist 6
Take Your Mama, Take Your Mama, Laura, Laura, Mary, Mary
Compositions 2
I Am Michael, Take Your Mama
Educated at 2
Occidental College, Northwest School
Genre 2
alternative rock, glam rock
Mb:performer of 2
Jake Shears, Last Man Dancing
Occupation 2
singer, dancer
Voice type 2
tenor, countertenor
Belongs to 1
Scissor Sisters
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Given name 1
Jason
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
voice
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Mb:founder 1
Scissor Sisters
Mb:member of band 1
Scissor Sisters
Member of 1
Scissor Sisters
Place of birth 1
Mesa
Sex or gender 1
male
Sexual orientation 1
homosexuality
← Lyricist 1
Take Your Mama
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Summary

Jake Shears was born on October 3, 1978[1], in Mesa[2]. He has worked as a singer[3] and dancer[4].

FAQs

Where was Jake Shears born?

Jake Shears's place of birth was Mesa[2].

What did Jake Shears do for work?

Jake Shears worked as a singer[3] and dancer[4].

Where did Jake Shears go to school?

Jake Shears was educated at Occidental College[6], Northwest School[7], and Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts[8].

🛰️ Living Edge · news-derived, source-cited

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served-tier precision 80.7% [76.2, 84.5] · rated rows currently served n=342 · entailment-gated at 0.85 · measured 2026-09-29 · re-scored every 10 min, demoted at the half-hourly fold

Member of Scissor Sisters emerging0.803 independent sources

evidence “Tim Curry has more family than I think any of us could ever imagine.” Tony Award nominee Luke Evans, the first actor to play Frank in this revival, and Scissor Sisters frontman Jake Shears, who will step into the stilettos on Sept.” 3wsradio.iheart.com · read source

Related Entities

United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  2. [10] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . standard.co.uk. Retrieved . standard.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Montreux Jazz Festival Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . musik-sammler.de. musik-sammler.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . Montreux Jazz Festival Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 25d ago · Gustavohdh · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'azb', 'commons', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'it', 'ja', 'ko',
    Sitelink count → 20
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:1||1 */ Instagram username: jakeshears, Added Instagram account numeric ID 21086431 to Instagram username."
  2. 7w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Internet Broadway Database person ID → 516852, 516859
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Internet Broadway Database person ID: 516859, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/273197|batch #273197]]"
  3. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 7DD4-9BDF-60D6-CE9B-F253
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  4. 15w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Languages spoken, written or signed → English
    Citizenship → —
    Country of citizenship → United States
    Voice type → tenor, countertenor
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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