Editing Sean Lennon (section)

==Early life and education==
Sean Ono Lennon was born at [[Weill Cornell Medical Center]] in Manhattan, New York City, on 9 October 1975, his father's 35th birthday. He is of Japanese descent on his mother's side and English, Welsh and Irish descent on his father's side. [[Julian Lennon]] is his half-brother, and Kyoko Chan Cox is his half-sister.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gao|first=Lillian|date=2021-05-02|title=The Truth About Yoko Ono's Kids|url=https://www.nickiswift.com/398376/the-truth-about-yoko-onos-kids/|access-date=2021-12-05|website=NickiSwift.com|language=en-US}}</ref> [[Elton John]] is his [[Godparent|godfather]].<ref name=people>{{cite web|title=Elton John Celebrates His Friend John Lennon and Gets a Visit from Yoko and Godson Sean|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20082926,00.html|website=People|access-date=August 20, 2014}}</ref> After Sean's birth, John Lennon became a [[Stay-at-home dad|stay-at-home-dad]] to look after him. This lasted until John was [[Murder of John Lennon|murdered]] on December 8, 1980, when Sean was only five years old. 

Sean attended [[kindergarten]] in Tokyo<ref>{{cite news | author=Dekel, Jonathan | url=http://www.spinner.com/2010/10/08/sean-lennon-interview-john-yoko-plastic-ono-band/ | work=[[Spinner.com|Spinner]] | title=Sean Lennon on Singing John's Songs, Making Music and Yoko Ono's Legacy | date=October 8, 2010 | access-date=May 7, 2011 | archive-date=August 4, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804070646/http://www.spinner.com/2010/10/08/sean-lennon-interview-john-yoko-plastic-ono-band/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> and, at his request, was educated at the exclusive private boarding school [[Institut Le Rosey]] in [[Rolle]], Switzerland, and earlier at New York's private [[Ethical Culture Fieldston School]] and [[Dalton School]]. He attended [[Columbia University]] for three semesters, majoring in anthropology before dropping out to focus on his music and tour with his mother.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lennon |first1=Sean |title=Sean Shows That He's A Real Lennon |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/pop-sean-shows-that-hes-a-real-lennon-1162142.html |website=The Independent UK |access-date=3 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=McLean |first1=Craig |title=Sean Lennon interview |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/8102991/Sean-Lennon-interview.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/8102991/Sean-Lennon-interview.html |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |website=The Telegraph UK |date=November 5, 2010 |access-date=3 February 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In October 1984, when [[Steve Jobs]] was visiting Manhattan, he attended Ono Lennon's birthday party and gave him one of the first [[Macintosh 128K|Macintosh]] computers as a present.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Kenny Scharf and Steve Jobs at Sean Lennon's room in the Dakota, giving him an early Apple computer for his birthday | url=https://exhibits.stanford.edu/warhol/catalog/hy186wz4640 |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=Andy Warhol Photography Archive - Spotlight at Stanford |language=en}}</ref><ref name=Isaacson>{{cite book|last=Isaacson|first=Walter|title=Steve Jobs|year=2011|publisher=Simon & Schuster|location=New York City|isbn=978-1-4516-4853-9|pages=[https://archive.org/details/stevejobs00isaa/page/180 180]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/stevejobs00isaa/page/180}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Sean with Mac: pics via Dave Haslam tweet|url=https://twitter.com/mr_dave_haslam/status/1422929411511304194|access-date=2021-10-26|website=Twitter|language=en}}</ref> That same year, he sang "It's Alright" on ''[[Every Man Has a Woman]]'', a tribute album to his mother.

His parents started his musical career: his debut into the music world came at age five, when he recited a story on his mother's 1981 album, ''[[Season of Glass (album)|Season of Glass]]''. From childhood into his teen years, Ono Lennon continued to collaborate with his mother, contributing vocals and receiving production credit on her solo albums ''[[It's Alright (I See Rainbows)|It's Alright]]'', ''[[Starpeace]]'' and ''[[Onobox]]''.  At 16 Ono Lennon co-wrote the song "All I Ever Wanted" with [[Lenny Kravitz]] for his 1991 album ''[[Mama Said (album)|Mama Said]]'', and worked with Kravitz on a cover of his father's song "[[Give Peace a Chance]]" in protest of the [[Gulf War]]. By 1995 Ono Lennon had formed the band IMA (with Sam Koppelman and [[Timo Ellis]]) to play alongside his mother on her album ''Rising''. Ono Lennon also made appearances in film, featured in the cast of [[Michael Jackson]]'s 1988 ''[[Moonwalker]]'' and portraying a teenager experiencing visions of various [[M. C. Escher]] [[Printmaking|prints]] in [[Sony]]'s 1990 promotional short-film ''Infinite Escher''.

Ono Lennon holds [[dual citizenship]] with the United States and United Kingdom.<ref name="instagram1"/>