Paul McCartney: Quick Facts

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Paul McCartney is worth $1.4 billion. His biggest asset is a $250 million song publisher • Nov. 11, 2026, 2:53 AM ET (Fortune)

Paul McCartney achieves billionaire status, becomes world’s third-richest musician • Nov. 10, 2026, 8:52 AM ET (CNN)

'Music is medicine': RAYE wins Mercury Prize 2026 for her second album 'This Music May Contain Hope' • Oct. 23, 2026, 3:54 AM ET (Euronews)

Vast Beatles museum, hailed as ‘extraordinary’ by Paul McCartney, to open in Liverpool in 2028 • Oct. 20, 2026, 11:00 AM ET (The Guardian)

Facts

Also Known As	Sir James Paul McCartney
Born	June 18, 1942 (age 84) • Liverpool • England
Awards And Honors	Grammy Award (2010) • Kennedy Center Honors (2010) • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum (1999) • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum (1988) • Grammy Award (1979) • Grammy Award (1974) • Grammy Award (1971) • Grammy Award (1970) • Grammy Award (1966) • Grammy Award (1966)
Notable Works	“Flowers in the Dirt” • “The Boys of Dungeon Lane” • “Yesterday”
Notable Family Members	spouse Linda McCartney • daughter Stella McCartney

Did You Know?

Paul McCartney has won the Grammy Award for lifetime achievement both as a solo artist and as part of the Beatles.
Before becoming a musician, McCartney was an electrician.
Some conspiracy theorists claim that McCartney was killed in an accident in 1966 and that a look-alike has been pretending to be him ever since.

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Paul McCartney wearing a black jacket and shirt, looking slightly to the side, with people blurred in the background.

The Beatles perform on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1964; Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and John Lennon sing and play guitars at the front, with Ringo Starr on drums in the back.

Paul McCartney playing guitar on stage, wearing a red shirt reading No More Landmines, with a microphone stand beside him.

Meeting Ed Sullivan

John Lennon plays guitar while Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and manager Brian Epstein relax together in a Paris hotel room with a table of food in the foreground.

Publicity still from Let It Be featuring a close-up of John Lennon singing, with smaller photos of Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison on the left, and the film title below.

Paul McCartney, John Lennon, and George Harrison of The Beatles perform with instruments and microphones on the rooftop of Apple Corps in London, with amplifiers and cables around them.

Live Aid finale at Wembley Stadium

Paul McCartney sits with his wife Linda McCartney and their daughters Stella, Mary, and Heather on a bench at Heathrow Airport, London, in 1974.

Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney stand in front of a colorful double-decker bus reading Wings Over Europe, parked on a roadside in Juan-les-Pins, France.

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