Ian Hunter (singer)

Ian Hunter Patterson is an English singer, songwriter and musician. He is best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Mott the Hoople, from its inception in 1969 to its dissolution in 1974, and at the time of its 2009, 2013, and 2019 reunions. Hunter was a musician and songwriter before joining Mott the Hoople, and continued in this vein after he left the band. He embarked on a solo career despite ill health and disillusionment with commercial success, and often worked in collaboration with Mick Ronson, David Bowie's sideman and arranger from The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars period.

3 June 1939

Born on the same birth day (3 June): Amauri • Cameron Green • Dan Hill • Flinders Petrie • Flora MacDonald (politician) • Giovanni Antonio Scopoli • Giovanni Diodati • Hale Irwin • Jan Reker • Leo Picard • Magdalene Thoresen • Papiss Cissé • Princess Clémentine of Orléans • Yelena Isinbayeva

Born in the same month (June 1939): Allen Fox • Bernd Hoss • Brereton C. Jones • Brooks Firestone • Budge Rogers • Colin Thubron • Dick Vitale • Frank McCloskey • Gary U.S. Bonds • Herb Adderley • Joe Clark • John MacArthur (American pastor) • Klaus Schmiegel • Margaret Drabble • Peter Mayle • Steny Hoyer • Zainuddin Maidin