- Born
- Died
- Birth nameRobert Leroy Johnson
- Nicknames
- King of the Delta Blues Singers
- Robert Lonnie
- The Grandfather of Rock & Roll
- Robert Johnson was born on May 8, 1911 in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, USA. He was a writer, known for The Skeleton Key (2005), Chocolat (2000) and Holes (2003). He was married to Calleta "Callie" Craft and Virginia Travis. He died on August 13, 1938 in Greenwood, Mississippi, USA.
- SpousesCalleta "Callie" Craft(May 1931 - 1938) (his death, 1 child)Virginia Travis(February 1929 - April 1930) (her death)
- Eric Clapton called him "the most important blues musician who ever lived".
- The character who Chris Thomas King played in the film, O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), is based on Robert Johnson.
- Elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a charter member in 1986 under the category Early Influences.
- Only two photos of him are known to exist. One shows him wearing a suit, tie and fedora, seated on a stool with his legs crossed, holding his guitar and smiling. Another is a close-up, showing him with a cigarette in his mouth, wearing a T-shirt, holding his guitar.
- Ranked fifth in Rolling Stone's list of 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time, and is an inductee of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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