Michael Philip Jagger
Although we all know and adore him as Mick Jagger, the Rolling Stones’ magnificent frontman was born Michael Philip Jagger on July 26, 1943. His mother, Eva Ensley May, was a hairdresser and a stay-at-home mom, and his grandfather, David Ernest Jagger, and father, Basil Fanshawe “Joe” Jagger, were teachers. Mick appeared to be destined to follow in his father’s footsteps. But if there’s one thing we know about Mick Jagger, it’s that he’s a free spirit who does what he wants.
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He’s been called one of the most popular and influential front men in rock ‘n’ roll history. He is still regarded as a sex figure and a counterculture icon. Jagger’s celebrity has been dubbed “a watershed moment in rock ‘n’ roll.” He is regarded as a “Dinoysian paradigm [of] perpetual youth” who “broke the way for everyone else” since he is still performing in his older years.