George Harrison first achieved fame as lead guitarist for the seminal rock band the Beatles, along with John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr. He also collaborated with other music icons like Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, and Tom Petty.

George Harrison lived in his Friar Park home from 1970 until shortly before his passing in 2001.

Though a UK native, his creative expression was an amalgamation of various regions and philosophies.

Where was George Harrison born?

He was born in Wavertree, Liverpool, on February 25, 1943, to bus conductor and former ship’s steward, Harold Hargreaves Harrison, and a shop assistant, the former Louise French. He has siblings Louise, Harold, and Peter were born before him.

Family values

Harrison’s ex-wife Pattie Boyd, whom he married in 1966 and divorced in 1977, credited his mother for his creative growth and genius.

George’s mother was a voracious music fan known for a booming singing voice that rattled the windows of the house along Arnold Grove, “All she wanted for her children is that they should be happy, and she recognized that nothing made George quite as happy as making music.”

Said genius was debatably nurtured while the quiet Beatle was in the womb, with mother and offspring often listening to Radio India, a weekly radio broadcast awash with the sounds of tablas and sitars, with the hopes of imparting calm and quiet to the unborn George.