Jonathan Coulton

American singer-songwriter

Person human Q611179

Facts

24 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[12]
Date of birth: December 1, 1970
Place of birth: Brooklyn
Country of citizenship: United States^[5]
Occupation: singer-songwriter, guitarist
Educated at: Yale University, Bacon Academy, Grace Hopper College^[7]^[8]^[9]
Notable work: Still Alive, Artificial Heart^[10]^[11]
Genre: folk rock^[13]
Official website: www.jonathancoulton.com^[18]
Nominated for: Tony Award for Best Original Score^[20]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[21]
Copyright status as a creator: works protected by copyrights
Discography: Jonathan Coulton discography^[14]
Family name: Coulton^[15]
Given name: Jonathan, William^[16]^[17]
Image harvest run: pdhero-20261109T082225Z
Image last checked license: CC BY 2.0
Image unavailable reason: no_pd_license
Instrument: guitar^[19]
Name in native language: Jonathan Coulton^[22]
Native language: English^[6]
Social media followers: 48k (35k–111k, n=7)
Start of work period: 2003^[23]

🏷️ Also known as

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Bandcamp profile ID: jonathancoulton

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🔗 Connections

Mb:composer 10

Portal, Portal, Portal 2, Portal 2, Still Alive, Still Alive, Want You Gone, Want You Gone +2 more

Mb:performer of 8

Artificial Heart, JoCo Looks Back, Best. Concert. Ever., Our Bodies, Ourselves, Our Cybernetic Arms, Smoking Monkey, Solid State, Thing a Week, Where Tradition Meets Tomorrow

Mb:lyricist 6

Still Alive, Still Alive, Want You Gone, Want You Gone, Code Monkey, Code Monkey

Occupation 2

singer-songwriter, guitarist

← Performer 2

Still Alive, Famous Blue Raincoat

Compositions 1

Still Alive

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Educated at 1

Yale University

Genre 1

folk rock

Given name 1

Jonathan

Instance of 1

human

Instrument 1

guitar

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Mb:collaboration 1

Mike Morasky

Native language 1

English

Nominated for 1

Tony Award for Best Original Score

Notable work 1

Still Alive

Place of birth 1

Brooklyn

Sex or gender 1

male

← Lyricist 1

Still Alive

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Summary

Jonathan Coulton was born on December 1, 1970^[1], in Brooklyn^[2]. He has worked as a singer-songwriter^[3] and guitarist^[4].

FAQs

Where was Jonathan Coulton born?

Jonathan Coulton's place of birth was Brooklyn^[2].

What did Jonathan Coulton do for work?

Jonathan Coulton worked as a singer-songwriter^[3] and guitarist^[4].

Where did Jonathan Coulton go to school?

Jonathan Coulton was educated at Yale University^[7], Bacon Academy^[8], and Grace Hopper College^[9].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Jonathan Coulton — place of birth (P19): Brooklyn. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Jonathan Coulton — sex or gender (P21): male. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Jonathan Coulton — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Jonathan Coulton — educated at (P69): Yale University. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Jonathan Coulton — educated at (P69): Bacon Academy. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Jonathan Coulton — educated at (P69): Grace Hopper College. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Jonathan Coulton — native language (P103): English. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Jonathan Coulton — occupation (P106): singer-songwriter. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Jonathan Coulton — occupation (P106): guitarist. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Jonathan Coulton — genre (P136): folk rock. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Jonathan Coulton — discography (P358): Jonathan Coulton discography. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Jonathan Coulton — date of birth (P569): December 1, 1970. Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Jonathan Coulton — family name (P734): Coulton. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Jonathan Coulton — given name (P735): Jonathan. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Jonathan Coulton — given name (P735): William. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Jonathan Coulton — notable work (P800): Still Alive. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Jonathan Coulton — notable work (P800): Artificial Heart. billboard.com. billboard.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Jonathan Coulton — official website (P856): https://www.jonathancoulton.com. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Jonathan Coulton — instrument (P1303): guitar. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Jonathan Coulton — nominated for (P1411): Tony Award for Best Original Score. tonyawards.com. tonyawards.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Jonathan Coulton — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Jonathan Coulton — name in native language (P1559): Jonathan Coulton. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Jonathan Coulton — start of work period (P2031): 2003. wikidata.org.

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11w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗

HAND ID → 01EC-88DB-53D8-82C1-6BB9

"Created claim: HAND ID: 01EC-88DB-53D8-82C1-6BB9, batch #269215"
11w ago · YoureAGhostBaby · 2026-08-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Given name → Jonathan, William

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15w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Giant Bomb Wiki ID → People/Jonathan_Coulton

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Jonathan Coulton

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