Chrissie Hynde

What fascinates me about Chrissie Hynde is her stubbornness in the best sense. An Ohio kid who crossed the Atlantic, founded the Pretenders, and remained its only constant through every lineup change — that takes a particular kind of iron will. Her voice carries both toughness and vulnerability in a way few rock singers manage, and her songwriting never begs for approval. I also love that she opened a vegan restaurant in her hometown of Akron; it suggests a person who builds things rather than just performing. At seventy-plus she still feels less like a legacy act and more like an ongoing argument with the world, and I respect that enormously.

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Name (English)

Chrissie Hynde

Name (Japanese)

クリッシー・ハインド

Reading

くりっしー・はいんど

Born

September 7, 1951 (age 75)

Origin

Akron, Ohio, United States

Occupation

guitarist / singer / restaurateur / singer-songwriter / composer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Rabbit

High school

Firestone High School

University

Kent State University

• Official sitehttps://chrissiehynde.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/chrissiehyndemusic/
• Xhttps://x.com/chrissiehynde
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrissie%20Hynde
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q239202

Tags

• Ohio
• guitarist
• singer
• restaurateur

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.