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Pete Burns

English singer (1959–2016)
Person human Q2082089

Facts

28 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[15]
Date of birth
August 5, 1959
Date of death
October 23, 2016
Place of birth
Port Sunlight
Place of death
London
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[11]
Occupation
singer, composer, singer-songwriter, autobiographer, musician
Educated at
Bebington High School, Hugh Baird College[12][13]
Genre
pop music, new wave, dance music, Hi-NRG[17][18][19][20]
Cause of death
cardiac arrest
Languages spoken, written or signed
English
Birth name
Peter Jozzeppi Burns
Copyright representative
PRS for Music
Copyright status as a creator
works protected by copyrights
Family name
Burns
Given name
Peter, Jozzeppi
Instrument
voice
Manner of death
natural causes
Member of
Dead or Alive[14]
Name in native language
Pete Burns
P14750
F56D-85FB-DFA8-21EA-AAE9
Place of burial
Kensal Green Cemetery[10]
Pseudonym
Pete
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Record label
Epic Records, Sony Music Entertainment Japan, Cleopatra Records[21][22][23]
Sexual orientation
bisexuality[16]
Start of work period
1979
Voice type
baritone
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 42
ISNI
0000000078404479
VIAF cluster ID
36066234
Library of Congress authority ID
n89660611
GND ID
133704777
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Pete Burns1.jpg ↗
Acharts.co artist ID
pete_burns
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000313733
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
BurnsPete1959-2016
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
140271096
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
133704777
Discogs artist ID
116860
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Pete-Burns
Show all 42 identifiers +30
Europeana entity
agent/base/64434
FAST ID
1492854
Famous Birthdays ID
people/pete-burns
Film.ru person ID
pete-burns
Find a Grave memorial ID
171757010
Freebase ID
/m/02clmd
Goodreads author ID
602815
IMDb ID
nm1047772
IPI name number
00051602318
JRC Names ID
324330
Kinobox person ID
925876
LyricsTranslate ID
pete-burns-lyrics.html
MusicBrainz artist ID
89220c39-88ae-4066-a168-52119bd1eca3
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID
240326
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
27159263X
Notable Names Database ID
022/000110689
PORT person ID
350471
Personality Database profile ID
134969
Plex person key
5d776d4c23d5a3001f5221a4
Rate Your Music artist ID
pete_burns
SecondHandSongs artist ID
12734
Sinemalar person ID
376828
Songkick artist ID
556919
Spotify artist ID
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TMDB person ID
1244823
TV Maze person ID
109322
WikiTree person ID
Burns-14840
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJB4dPHX3db4wtCMVq7PwC
X (Twitter) username
PeteBurns2013
ČSFD person ID
292671

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🔗 Connections
Mb:writer 18
You Spin Me Round (Like a Record), You Spin Me Round (Like a Record), Right Round, Right Round, Lover Come Back to Me, Lover Come Back to Me, Brand New Lover, Brand New Lover +10 more
Genre 4
pop music, new wave, dance music, Hi-NRG
Occupation 4
composer, singer, singer-songwriter, autobiographer
Record label 3
Epic Records, Sony Music Entertainment Japan, Cleopatra Records
Compositions 2
You Spin Me Round (Like a Record), In Too Deep
Mb:composer 2
Misty Circles, Misty Circles
← Lyricist 2
You Spin Me Round (Like a Record), In Too Deep
Belongs to 1
Dead or Alive
Cause of death 1
cardiac arrest
Copyright representative 1
PRS for Music
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Family name 1
Burns
Given name 1
Peter
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
voice
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Mb:member of band 1
Dead or Alive
Member of 1
Dead or Alive
Place of birth 1
Port Sunlight
Place of burial 1
Kensal Green Cemetery
Place of death 1
London
Sex or gender 1
male
Sexual orientation 1
bisexuality
Voice type 1
baritone
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Summary

Born in Port Sunlight[1], he… he was born on August 5, 1959[2]. He passed away in London[3]. He died on October 23, 2016[4]. He worked as a singer[5], composer[6], singer-songwriter[7], autobiographer[8], and musician[9].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[24]

  • Country: GB[25]

  • Began / founded: 1959-08-05[26]

  • Ended / dissolved: 2016-10-23[27]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 89220c39-88ae-4066-a168-52119bd1eca3[28]

Body

Education

Educated at Bebington High School[12], a secondary school[29], in United Kingdom[30] and Hugh Baird College[13], a college[31], in United Kingdom[32], founded in 1891[33].

Death and Burial

The cause of death was cardiac arrest[34].

FAQs

Where was Pete Burns born?

Pete Burns was born in Port Sunlight[1].

Where did Pete Burns die?

Pete Burns passed away in London[3].

What did Pete Burns do for work?

Pete Burns worked as singer[5], composer[6], singer-songwriter[7], autobiographer[8], and musician[9].

Where did Pete Burns go to school?

Pete Burns was educated at Bebington High School[12] and Hugh Baird College[13].

Related Entities

Epic Records London United Kingdom

References

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Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [27] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 5w ago · StorchPDF · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 8w ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sinemalar person ID → 376828
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  3. 9w ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    TV Maze person ID → 109322
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  4. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of birth → Port Sunlight
    Educated at → Bebington High School, Hugh Baird College
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