John Lennon was a member of the human race.
John Lennon . Born and raised in Liverpool , Lennon became involved in the skiffle craze as a teenager ; his first band , the Quarrymen , first became the Silver Beatles , and finally , evolved into the Beatles in 1960 . After his marriage to Yoko Ono in 1969 , he added `` Ono '' as one of his middle names .