Mark Ronson is an English-American musician, DJ, songwriter, and record producer who has worked with some of the best musicians including Miley Cyrus, Lady Gaga, Adele, and Amy Winehouse, among others. He has achieved a lot in his musical career and has numerous Grammy and Golden Globe awards. Mark has achieved groundbreaking success and is well known in the music industry.

In addition to entertainment, he is involved with various charities such as the Amy Winehouse Foundation , End the Silence Campaign and Turnaround Arts all of which are concerned with music and education, particularly for disadvantaged youth. He has also supported other causes such as vulnerable/underprivileged youth, children, disaster relief and education. He has a huge social media following with more than half a million followers on Twitter and more than 600,000 followers on Instagram.

Born name

Mark Daniel Ronson

nickname

DJ RonsonMore

Sun sign

Virgo

Place of birth

St. John’s Wood, London, England, United Kingdom

Residence

United States

nationality

training

Mark Ronson attended private college school in Manhattan before attending Vassar College and then New York University .

occupation

Musician, DJ, songwriter, record producer

family

• Father – Laurence Ronson (Real Estate Speculator)
• Mother – Ann Dexter (Music Manager)
• Siblings – Charlotte Ronson (Younger Twin Sister) (Fashion Designer), Samantha Ronson (Younger Twin Sister) (Singer, DJ)
• Others – Alexander (Half Brother), Annabelle(Half Sister), Henrietta (Half Sister), David (Half Brother), Joshua (Half Brother), Mick Jones (Stepfather) (Guitarist), Michele First (Stepmother), Gerard Ronson (Uncle), Henry Ronson (paternal grandfather), Sadie Raine (paternal grandmother), Frederick/Fred Deutsch (maternal grandfather), Judith Lurie (maternal grandmother)

Manager

Mark Ronson is managed by –

• Full Stop Management (Managing Director)
• Barbara Charone
• Amanda Silverman und Kate Rosen, The Lede Company, Beverly Hills, Kalifornien, USA
• Sarah Weinstein Dennison, RCA Records
• Cris Hearn (Booking Agent Großbritannien / Europa), Coda Music Agency
• Jenna Adler, Hunter Williams, Matt Kingsley (Buchungsagenten USA), Creative Artists Agency (CAA), Los Angeles, Kalifornien, USA
• MBC PR (PR agency), London, UK
• Chloe Walsh, Grand Stand Media (publicist)

Genre

Elektronisch, Funk, Pop, Soul, Hip Hop, Pop Rock

instruments

Guitar, keyboards, bass guitar, drums, percussion, turntables, synthesizer

labels

• Allido Records
• Elektra Records
• Columbia Records
• RCA records
• J records

To build

Slim

Height

6ft or 183cm

weight

75 kg or 165.5 lbs

girlfriend/spouse

Mark Ronson has dated –

1. Frankie Rayder (1999-2000) – Mark dated model Frankie Rayder for about a year from 1999 to 2000.
2. Rashida Jones (2002-2004) – Mark and actress Rashida Jones started dating in 2002, and in 2003 he suggested her to use a crossword puzzle. However, they didn’t make it down the aisle because they broke up a year later.
3. Cosi Theodori-Braschi (2005–2008) – He dated Cosi Theodori-Braschi for 3 years and Mark expressed deep sadness over their breakup.
4. Daisy Lowe (2008) – Mark and model Daisy Lowe dated briefly in 2008 when they realized the 14-year age difference wasn’t working for them.
5. Tennessee Thomas (2008-2009) – Mark’s romance with drummer Tennessee began shortly after his breakup with Daisy. The romance barely made it to the 6 month mark.
6. Joséphine de La Baume (2011-2018) – Mark was married to actress Josephine for five and a half years but separated in 2017, citing irreconcilable differences as the reason for the divorce. The divorce was finalized in 2018.
7. Samantha Urbani (2017-Present) – Mark started dating singer Samantha just four months after divorcing Josephine.

race/ethnicity

White

He has Jewish ancestry from both sides of the family with Austrian, Lithuanian and Russian ancestry.

hair colour

Schwarz

eye color

dark brown

sexual orientation

Just

distinguishing features

• Dark or platinum blonde hair

brand promotion

Mark has endorsed brands like –

• Hilfiger
• Coke
• Lexus
• Patron Tequila
• Hyundai (2015)

Religion

Judaism

Known for

• DJing for all kinds of events, whether high-profile or private events
• Produced for a wide range of artists including Sean Paul, Macy Gray, Consequence and Ol’Dirty B*stard
• Being a singer and how his first album launched his own albums Here comes the fluff in 2003, which received positive feedback from critics. He has since launched many other albums such as Execution (2007), Record Collection (2010), Uptown Special (2015) and Late Night Feelings (2019)
• Writing songs for some of the most important musicians of modern times, including Amy Winehouse, Adele, Bruno Mars and others
• Appearances in a number of films including Zoolander (2001)

first movie

Mark made his big screen debut as himself in the 2001 comedy film Zoolander .

First TV show

Mark Ronson first appeared as himself on a television show Howard Stern on Demand in 2006.

Personal trainer

Mark doesn’t practice much due to his busy schedule. On his days off, he prefers to relax.

Mark Ronson favorite things

• Food – Shepherd’s Pie with Peas, Curly Wurly Chocolate
• TV Show – Mad Men
• Color – green
• Books – Crime and Punishment by Fëdor Mikhailovič Dostoevsky, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

Mark Ronson facts

1. He was born in London and moved to New York City at the age of 8. He sees himself as more English than American.
2. Mark started playing drums at the age of 5, played in a band at the age of 14 and got his turntables at the age of 18.
3. While in college, he began DJing at a New York club, where he was charging $50 a job.
4. He is a childhood friend of musician Sean Lennon.
5. He was the DJ at Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes’ wedding.
6. Mark became a US citizen in April 2008.
7. The Ronson family had been one of Britain’s wealthiest families in the 1980s, but the family lost more than $1 billion of their money in the 1990 property crash.
8. The family name originally “Aaronson” was later shortened to Ronson by his grandfather Henry.
9. In 2008 he became the first artist to win a Brit Award for “Best Male” without singing on the actual record.
10. While preparing his hit “Uptown Funk,” he started losing his hair and even passed out in the coffee toilet.
11. In 2016, Ronson was voted “Most Stylish Man in the UK” by GQ Magazine .
12. In 2015 he was named one of GQ magazine’s ’50 Best Dressed British Men’
13. He suggested Rashida Jones do a crossword puzzle that read “Will you marry me?”
14. His ex-wife, Joséphine de La Baume, appeared in the music video for The Bike Song .
15. His divorce from Joséphine de La Baume became final in October 2018.
16. His honeymoon with Joséphine de La Baume was in Zanzibar.
17. During his break he prefers to lie on the beach and relax.
18. His song Uptown Funk Taylor Swift toppled the number 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song reached the top 10 in almost every country in which it charted.
19. Lastrada Entertainment sued him for copyright infringement on the song Uptown Funk in 2017. 3 other parties have filed lawsuits.
20. Ronson has received many awards such as Grammy Award , Brit Award , BMI Award , Soul Train Music Award , Critics Choice Award , Golden Globe Award , Guinness World Records , and MTV Video Music Award .
21. He received 6 nominations for his work with Amy Winehouse on the Back to Black album in the categories Album of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Song of the Year and Record of the Year”.
22. He won 3 Grammys for Producer of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Album and Record of the Year.
23. Ronson lives in London, Los Angeles and New York.
24. He is a fan of the EPL, Chelsea and New York Knicks basketball teams
25. Visit his official website at www.markronson.co.uk.
26. Follow him on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube.