John Winston Lennon
Born 9 October 1940 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England
Died 8 December 1980 in New York City, USA
Mother: Julia (Stanley) Lennon, Father: Fred Lennon,
Spouse: Yoko Ono (from 20 March 1969)
First wife was Cynthia Powell from 23 August 1962, in 1968 divorced
Children: John Charles Julian Lennon, Sean Taro Ono Lennon, Kyoko Cox
- stepdaughter
Siblings: Ingrid Pedersen, aka, Victoria Elizabeth Lennon - half sister,
Julia - half sister, Jacqui - half sister
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James Paul McCartney
Born 18 June 1942 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England
Mother: Mary Patricia (Mohin) McCartney, Father: James McCartney
Current Relationship: Linda (Eastman) McCartney (was his wife
from 12 March 1969) died of cancer on 17 April 1998
Children: Heather - stepdaughter, Mary, Stella, James
Siblings: Michael, Ruth
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George Harrison
Born 24 February 1943 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England
Died 29 November 2001
Mother: Louise Harrison, Father: Harold Harrison, Spouse:
Olivia (Arias) Harrison (from 1978)
First wife was Patti Boyd from 21 January 1966 to 1977
Children: Dhani Harrison
Siblings: Harry Harrison, Pete Harrison
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Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey Jr.)
Born 7 July 1940 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England
Mother: Elsie Gleave, Father: Richard Starkey, Sr, Spouse:
Barbara Bach (from 27 April 1981)
Fisrt wife was: Maureen Cox from 11 February 1965, in 1975 divorced
Children: Zak, Jason, Lee - daugter
Starr has one granddaughter.
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Brian Samuel Epstein
Born 19 September 1934 in Liverpool, England
Died 27 August 1967 in London, England
Mother: Malka Epstein, Father: Harry Epstein
Brian was Beatles' manager from 24 January 1962.
After the success of the Beatles, Brian also managed other acts, including
Gerry and the Pacemakers, Billy J. Kramer, Cilla Black, the Fourmost,
the Big Three, the Remo Four and Tommy Quickly
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George Martin
Born 3 January 1926 in London, England
George head of A&R at Parlophone and the producer of all of the
Beatles records except for Let It Be. He also was arranger & pianist
at the some Beatles albums. Beatles contracted with George Martin on
June 26, 1962.
George Martin wrote the orchestral scores for the Beatles movies A
Hard Days Night, Help! and Yellow Submarine, and also The Family Way
and Live and Let Die which Paul contributed songs to. He also produced
the music for Robert Stigwood's movie Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club
Band.
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Stu Sutcliffe
Born 23 June 1940 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Died 10 April 1962 in Hamburg, Germany from a brain hemmorrhage.
Stu was bass guitarist from late 1959 until the Beatles second Hamburg
trip in 1961.
Stu's girlfriend Astrid changed his clothes and gave him a new, distinctive
hair style, which all the Beatles later adopted.
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Pete Best
Born 24 November 1941 in Madras, India.
Pete was Beatles drummer from August 1960 during next two years.
Pete's mother, Mona Best, ran the Casbah Club, a cellar club in Hayman's
Green, where the Beatles had been playing in 1959, 1960.
Pete played on "My Bonnie" and the other tracks recorded with
Tony Sheridan for Bert Kaempfert in Germany.
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Derek Taylor
Born 1932 in Liverpool, England.
Died September 1997, from cancer.
Derek was columnist and theatre critic for the Northern Daily Express
when he first saw the Beatles on May 30th, 1963 at the Manchester Odeon.
He was Brian Epstein's personal assistant, scriptwriter and Beatles
press agent and spent six months travelling the world with the Beatles.
From 1968 he was press officer (in-house publicist) for the Apple Corps.
In 1970 he was ousted during the Allen Klein takeover of Apple.
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Mal Evans
Born
Died 5 January 1976 in a misunderstanding with the police because
he had a gun.
Mal was Beatles' road manager from the summer of 1963 (when he discovered
the Beatles playing at the Cavern club) until the Beatles broke up.
For all of the Beatles' tours, Mal drove the van, set up and tested
the Beatles' equipment, and then packed it all up again after each show.
Mal played different instruments in many Beatles songs.
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