Simon Reynolds

English music critic

Person Human Q202676

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14 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[13]
Date of birth: June 19, 1963
Place of birth: London
Country of citizenship: United Kingdom^[9]
Occupation: journalist, music critic, writer, blogger, author, editing staff^[10]
Educated at: University of Oxford, Brasenose College^[11]^[12]
Spouse: Joy Press^[8]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[16]
Different from: Simon Reynolds^[18]
Family name: Reynolds^[14]
Given name: Simon^[15]
Name in native language: Simon Reynolds^[17]
Social media followers: 22k (20k–22k, n=3)^[19]^[20]^[21]

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🔖 Identifiers · 53

ISNI: 0000000110331450
VIAF cluster ID: 114686364
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n94072408
GND ID: 133326713
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Simon Reynolds (cropped) (2).jpg ↗
BIBSYS ID: 3063877
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE): ReynoldsSimon1963-
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 13481822p
CANTIC ID: 981058513830006706
CBDB.cz author ID: 194363
CiNii Research ID: 1140845216526227072
DDB person (GND) ID: 133326713

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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 133326713
Discogs artist ID: 715566
Encyclopædia Britannica contributor ID: 4379
Freebase ID: /m/033h2h
Goodreads author ID: 51552
Grove Music Online ID: A2289282
IdRef ID: 069423644
J9U entity ID: 987007428861505171
KBR person ID: 21242855
Libraries Australia ID: 40336577
MusicBrainz artist ID: a15f6c15-821a-4559-879e-72219a6b9339
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA09532563
NDL Authority ID: 01198508
NL CR AUT ID: jn20011210194
NLA Trove people ID: 1445966
NLP ID: a0000002959237
NNDB people ID: 273/000212634
NSK (VIAF) ID: 000322432
NSK ID: 981005754895509366
NUKAT ID: n99040141
National Library of Israel ID (old): 004078865
National Library of Korea ID: KAC201424064
National Library of Latvia ID: 000261408
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810588157105606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID: XX5407830
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 089162838
Obálky knih ID: jn20011210194
Open Library ID: OL6186920A, OL222766A
Parsifal cluster ID: 340800
Penguin Random House author ID: 244791
Perlentaucher ID: simon-reynolds
Quora topic ID: Simon-Reynolds
RERO ID (legacy): A005914805
SHARE Catalogue author ID: 600309
SVKKL authority ID: 0416853-Reynolds-Simon-1963
Songkick artist ID: 3382421
Tabakalera ID: 57798
University of Barcelona authority ID: 981058513830006706
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJtRFyfrYgjrYcVtdrBdcP
X (Twitter) username: SimonRetromania
Yale LUX ID: person/bd808604-3830-4a1e-95a6-f6977860318b

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Occupation 4

writer, journalist, blogger, music critic

Educated at 2

University of Oxford, Brasenose College

Country of citizenship 1

United Kingdom

Family name 1

Reynolds

Given name 1

Simon

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Place of birth 1

London

Sex or gender 1

male

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Drewsteignton

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Summary

Simon Reynolds was born on June 19, 1963^[1], in London^[2]. He has worked as a journalist^[3], music critic^[4], writer^[5], blogger^[6], and author^[7].

FAQs

Where was Simon Reynolds born?

Simon Reynolds was born in London^[2].

Who was Simon Reynolds married to?

Simon Reynolds's spouses include Joy Press^[8].

What did Simon Reynolds do for work?

Simon Reynolds worked as a journalist^[3], music critic^[4], writer^[5], blogger^[6], and author^[7].

Where did Simon Reynolds go to school?

Simon Reynolds was educated at University of Oxford^[11] and Brasenose College^[12].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Simon Reynolds — place of birth (P19): London. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-11-07. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Simon Reynolds — sex or gender (P21): male. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2024-07-14. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Simon Reynolds — spouse (P26): Joy Press. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Simon Reynolds — country of citizenship (P27): United Kingdom. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Simon Reynolds — educated at (P69): University of Oxford. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Simon Reynolds — educated at (P69): Brasenose College. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Simon Reynolds — occupation (P106): journalist. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Simon Reynolds — occupation (P106): music critic. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Simon Reynolds — occupation (P106): writer. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Simon Reynolds — occupation (P106): blogger. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Simon Reynolds — occupation (P106): author. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Simon Reynolds — occupation (P106): editing staff. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Simon Reynolds — date of birth (P569): June 19, 1963. tweet. twitter.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Simon Reynolds — family name (P734): Reynolds. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Simon Reynolds — given name (P735): Simon. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Simon Reynolds — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Simon Reynolds — name in native language (P1559): Simon Reynolds. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Simon Reynolds — different from (P1889): Simon Reynolds. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Simon Reynolds — social media followers (P8687): 20,343. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Simon Reynolds — social media followers (P8687): 21,054. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Simon Reynolds — social media followers (P8687): 21,574. wikidata.org.

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18h ago · Printstream · 2026-11-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #65760: add GND as source to unsourced or imported places and occupations"
9d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Discogs artist ID → 715566

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #62839: Importing Discogs artist IDs into Wikidata from MusicBrainz, after ensuring matching labels part1"
21w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗

SVKKL authority ID → 0416853-Reynolds-Simon-1963

"Created claim: SVKKL authority ID: 0416853-Reynolds-Simon-1963, batch #259494"
24w ago · Iamcarbon · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Penguin Random House author ID → 244791

"Created claim: Penguin Random House author ID: 244791, add Penguin Random House author ID"
24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Occupation → journalist, music critic, writer +1

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32080: import P21 and P106 from GND (22)"

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