Person in history
Daniel Johns
Daniel Johns, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Life at a glance
- Born
- 1979 · April 22
- Age this year
- 47No death recorded in our data
- Born
- 47th anniversary of their birth this year
Their story
Who they were
Daniel Paul Johns is an Australian musician, best known as the frontman, guitarist, and main songwriter of the rock band Silverchair. Johns is also a member of The Dissociatives with Paul Mac and a member of Dreams with Luke Steele. On March 13, 2015 Johns released his first solo EP Aerial Love and on March 22, 2015, he released his first solo LP Talk. Johns' second solo album FutureNever was released on 22 April 2022.
Why this date
Daniel Johns appears on our April 22 calendar for 1979 as a birth entry.
The world when they were born
Other entries we record for 1979.
- September 13Venda (Bantustan)
- September 16The Sugarhill Gang
- July 9Renault
- May 25O'Hare International Airport
- May 25Disappearance of Etan Patz
Born the same day
Shkëlzen Shala
Shkëlzen Shala, Albanian entrepreneur and veganism activist
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Dee Strange-Gordon, American baseball player
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Amber Heard
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Adam Lanza, American mass murderer (died 2012)
Read their story →Contemporaries — born the same year
- 1979Rosario DawsonMay 9
- 1979Anna TorvJune 7
- 1979Richard Hughes (footballer)June 25
- 1979Francesco BellottiAugust 6
- 1979Roberto De ZerbiJune 6
- 1979Derek TrucksJune 8
- 1979Jaime Correa (footballer)August 6
- 1979Zoltán GeraApril 22
Sources
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“Daniel Johns”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/people/daniel-johns, accessed October 24, 2026.
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Questions about Daniel Johns
When was Daniel Johns born?
April 22 1979.
How old would Daniel Johns be today?
47 this year, based on the birth year we hold. We have no death record for them in our data, which is not proof either way.
Who else was born on April 22?
Shkëlzen Shala, Dee Strange-Gordon, Amber Heard and others — the list is on this page and on the date page.
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