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Win Butler

Canadian-American singer, songwriter, musician, and multi-instrumentalist; member of the band Arcade Fire
Person Human Q1349573

Facts

23 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[16]
Date of birth
April 14, 1980
Place of birth
Houston
Country of citizenship
United States[9]
Occupation
songwriter, singer, composer, poet, guitarist, singer-songwriter, banjoist, mandolinist, rock musician[3][4][5][6][7][10]
Educated at
Phillips Exeter Academy, McGill University, Sarah Lawrence College[11][12][13]
Award received
Companion of the Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec[14]
Spouse
Régine Chassagne
Child
Barry Butler[8]
Sibling
William Butler
Genre
rock music[17]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English
Birth name
Edwin Farnham Butler III
Copyright representative
Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada
Family name
Butler[18]
Given name
Edwin, Farnham[19][20]
Instrument
guitar, voice[22][23]
Member of
Arcade Fire[15]
Name in native language
Win Butler
Nickname
Win Butler
Relative
Alvino Rey[21]
Start of work period
2000
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 37
ISNI
0000000117024728
VIAF cluster ID
122374490
Library of Congress Authorities ID
no2017098704
GND ID
140990909
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
WinButlerArcadeFireIreland.jpg ↗
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000811434
CANTIC ID
981060980269306706
CONOR.SI ID
182734179
DR music artist ID
10254032
Discogs artist ID
418170
Europeana entity
agent/base/71261
Film.ru person ID
win-butler
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Freebase ID
/m/05bz1b
GTAA ID
237931
Geni profile ID
6000000021891093900
Grammy Awards artist ID
win-butler/7385
HAND ID
1BD0-9724-32FE-0D94-9178
IMDb ID
nm2562869
IPI name number
00465072750
IdRef ID
17928598X
JRC Names ID
456962
Kinobox person ID
959771
LdiF person ID
237801
Montreux Jazz Festival person ID
1948
MusicBrainz artist ID
bbc4cb65-11c9-4ae4-9b87-a7d7f2a2ede9
NME artist ID
win-butler
NUKAT ID
n2012266057
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX4940252
PORT person ID
358170
Prabook ID
2482737
Rate Your Music artist ID
win_butler
Rolling Stone artist ID
win-butler
TMDB person ID
1087905
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJyrTGpRJdjG6HVxbTQjG3
X (Twitter) username
DJWindows98
Yandex Music artist ID
19360
ČSFD person ID
68854

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Mb:writer 16
Keep the Car Running, Keep the Car Running, Reflektor, Reflektor, We Used to Wait, We Used to Wait, Afterlife, Afterlife +8 more
Occupation 8
poet, composer, singer, songwriter, singer-songwriter, guitarist, banjoist, mandolinist
Educated at 3
McGill University, Sarah Lawrence College, Phillips Exeter Academy
Compositions 2
The Box, Keep the Car Running
Instrument 2
guitar, voice
Belongs to 1
Arcade Fire
Copyright representative 1
Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Family name 1
Butler
Genre 1
rock music
Given name 1
Edwin
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Mb:collaboration 1
North American Hallowe'en Prevention Initiative
Mb:member of band 1
Arcade Fire
Mb:sibling 1
William Butler
Member of 1
Arcade Fire
Place of birth 1
Houston
Relative 1
Alvino Rey
Sex or gender 1
male
Sibling 1
William Butler
Siblings 1
William Butler
Spouse 1
Régine Chassagne
Spouses 1
Régine Chassagne
← FactGrid item ID 1
Dedemsvaart
← Lyricist 1
Keep the Car Running
← Mb:married 1
Régine Chassagne
← Producer 1
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Summary

Win Butler's place of birth was Houston[1]. He was born on April 14, 1980[2]. He worked as a songwriter[3], singer[4], composer[5], poet[6], and guitarist[7].

Body

Education

Educated at Phillips Exeter Academy[11], a private school[24], in United States[25], founded in 1781[26]; McGill University[12], a public research university[27], in Canada[28], founded in 1821[29], headquartered in Montreal[30]; and Sarah Lawrence College[13], a liberal arts college in the United States[31], in United States[32], founded in 1926[33].

FAQs

Where was Win Butler born?

Born in Houston[1].

What did Win Butler do for work?

Win Butler worked as songwriter[3], singer[4], composer[5], poet[6], and guitarist[7].

Where did Win Butler go to school?

Win Butler was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy[11], McGill University[12], and Sarah Lawrence College[13].

What awards did Win Butler receive?

Honors received include Companion of the Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec[14].

Related Entities

Arcade Fire United States

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  1. 6w ago · StorchPDF · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → songwriter, singer, composer +1
    HAND ID → 1BD0-9724-32FE-0D94-9178
    PORT person ID → 358170
    "Created claim: PORT person ID: 358170, batch #275236"
  2. 27w ago · Magnus Manske · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    CANTIC ID → 981060980269306706
    "Created claim: CANTIC ID: 981060980269306706, batch #257405"
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