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Jonathan King

English singer, songwriter, and record producer
Person human Q248747

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[18]
Date of birth
December 6, 1944
Place of birth
London
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[8]
Occupation
singer, songwriter, record producer, film director, television presenter, singer-songwriter, screenwriter, musician[10][11][12]
Employer
British Broadcasting Corporation[13]
Educated at
Trinity College, Charterhouse School, Stoke Brunswick School, Oundle School[14][15][16][17]
Official website
www.kingofhits.com[24]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[28]
Birth name
Kenneth George King[29]
Convicted of
indecent assault, child sexual abuse[26][27]
Family name
King[20]
Given name
Jonathan, Kenneth, George[21][22][23]
Instrument
voice[25]
Native language
English[9]
P14750
E002-EA83-FCC3-5BE0-C871[30]
Record label
Decca[19]
🏷️ Also known as
en Jonathan King en Kenneth King ar جوناثان كينغ fa جاناتان کینگ he ג'ונתן קינג ja ジョナサン・キング ko 조너선 킹 ko 케네스 조지 킹 ru Джонатан Кинг zh 乔纳森·金 zh-hant 喬納森·金
🔖 Identifiers · 38
ISNI
0000000052083654
VIAF cluster ID
2117630
Library of Congress authority ID
no2001055060
GND ID
134895592
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Jonathan King in 2007 cr.jpg ↗
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000263019
BIBSYS ID
43579
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
KingJonathan1944-
Billboard artist ID
jonathan-king
Companies House officer ID
IhR8M7ZgLI102pISDOYxnkgIEZM
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
134895592
Discogs artist ID
252785
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Europeana entity
agent/base/149838
Film.ru person ID
dzhonatan-king-2
Freebase ID
/m/0302b1
Genius artist ID
Jonathan-king
Genius artist numeric ID
386381
IMDb ID
nm0454909
KANTO ID
000202892
Kinopoisk person ID
1078338
LdiF person ID
468662
LyricsTranslate ID
jonathan-king-lyrics.html
MusicBrainz artist ID
483afa15-f468-4925-b77a-1a9f85f76a13, d9533cbc-e132-4d24-a379-7af98e93cacd
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID
102k (42k–454k, n=7)
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000038449
NLP ID
a0000003399642
NME artist ID
jonathan-king
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:CRFX;=BP
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810640598805606
Notable Names Database ID
398/000035293
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803100037516
Pitchfork artist ID
22272-jonathan-king
Rate Your Music artist ID
jonathan_king
SecondHandSongs artist ID
280
TMDB person ID
1226109
Theatricalia person ID
1t7n
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJgmHgg8jyTYPR3P3bQ8YP
ČSFD person ID
628755

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 7
singer, film director, screenwriter, record producer, songwriter, singer-songwriter, television presenter
Given name 3
Jonathan, George, Kenneth
Convicted of 2
child sexual abuse, indecent assault
Educated at 2
Trinity College, Charterhouse School
← Performer 2
Hooked on a Feeling, Lazy Bones
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Employer 1
British Broadcasting Corporation
Family name 1
King
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
voice
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Native language 1
English
Place of birth 1
London
Record label 1
Decca
Sex or gender 1
male
← Presenter 1
Brit Awards 1987
← Producer 1
The Silent Sun
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Summary

Jonathan King was born on December 6, 1944[1], in London[2]. He has worked as a singer[3], songwriter[4], record producer[5], film director[6], and television presenter[7].

FAQs

Where was Jonathan King born?

Jonathan King's place of birth was London[2].

What did Jonathan King do for work?

Jonathan King worked as a singer[3], songwriter[4], record producer[5], film director[6], and television presenter[7].

Where did Jonathan King go to school?

Jonathan King was educated at Trinity College[14], Charterhouse School[15], Stoke Brunswick School[16], and Oundle School[17].

Related Entities

Decca London Trinity College United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [12] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [1] ↑ . Discogs. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → singer, songwriter, record producer +5
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32082|batch #32082]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (24)"
  2. 26w ago · Ytterbyz · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    NME artist ID → jonathan-king
    Record label → Decca
    Country of citizenship → United Kingdom
    Instrument → voice
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ NME artist ID: jonathan-king, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/214802505|jonathan king (#214802505)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7190|NME artist]]"
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