List of Famous people with last name Idol

Billy Idol

William Michael Albert Broad
First Name Billy
Last Name Idol
Born on November 30, 1955 (age 70)
Height 175 cm | 5'9

William Michael Albert Broad, known professionally as Billy Idol, is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and actor who holds dual British and American citizenship. He first achieved fame in the 1970s emerging from the London punk rock scene as the lead singer of a band called Generation X. Subsequently, he embarked on a solo career which led to international recognition and made Idol a lead artist during the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" in the United States. The name "Billy Idol" was inspired by a schoolteacher's description of him as "idle".

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